Singleton

18.2% of Singleton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1,363 family households lived in Singleton; 38.0% were couple families and 20.5% were one-parent families.

36.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Singleton had 5,185 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 82.9% of occupied private dwellings in Singleton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.4% of occupied private dwellings.

33.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

33.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Singleton had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 21.0% had four or more usual residents.

9.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

63.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.7% reported a different address.

9.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

9.2% of Singleton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Singleton.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

12.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

33.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 12.7% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.5%.

Median household income was $1,517 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 9.8% in Singleton, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 33.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 34.0% in Singleton, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.