Valley Heights

17.8% of Valley Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

362 family households lived in Valley Heights; 43.9% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Valley Heights had 1,188 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 98.2% of occupied private dwellings in Valley Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

45.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

44.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Valley Heights had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 18.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 23.8% had four or more usual residents.

37.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

41.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 30.1% of the total.

68.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.1% reported a different address.

14.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

93.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.0% of Valley Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.9% of ancestry responses in Valley Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

28.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 15.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 14.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

57.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.2%.

Median household income was $2,144 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,123.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 37.5% in Valley Heights, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 45.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 9.9% in Valley Heights, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.