Springdale Heights

21.2% of Springdale Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

697 family households lived in Springdale Heights; 39.2% were couple families and 23.2% were one-parent families.

42.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Springdale Heights had 2,644 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in Springdale Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

31.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

36.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Springdale Heights had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.1%, while 22.9% had four or more usual residents.

5.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

74.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 42.6% of the total.

51.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.7% reported a different address.

14.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

83.5% of residents used only English at home.

9.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

14.4% of Springdale Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Springdale Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

11.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.8% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.7%.

Median household income was $1,202 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $253 per week.

Working from home was 5.8% in Springdale Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 31.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.5% in Springdale Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.