Tahmoor

23.2% of Tahmoor's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,569 family households lived in Tahmoor; 45.0% were couple families and 21.9% were one-parent families.

45.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Tahmoor had 5,777 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 90.8% of occupied private dwellings in Tahmoor.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

26.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

41.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Tahmoor had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 22.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.7%, while 30.4% had four or more usual residents.

18.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

55.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 29.9% of the total.

65.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.6% reported a different address.

11.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

89.8% of residents used only English at home.

6.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.5% of Tahmoor's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in Tahmoor.

Australian ancestry made up 44.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.5%.

Median household income was $1,739 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 18.9% in Tahmoor, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 26.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 32.3% in Tahmoor, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.