Wahroonga

18.7% of Wahroonga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

4,885 family households lived in Wahroonga; 56.0% were couple families and 10.7% were one-parent families.

40.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Wahroonga had 17,853 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 74.4% of occupied private dwellings in Wahroonga.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 19.6% of occupied private dwellings.

40.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

41.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Wahroonga had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 17.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 29.4%, while 35.8% had four or more usual residents.

52.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

26.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 34.1% of the total.

61.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.7% reported a different address.

38.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

67.9% of residents used only English at home.

28.8% used a language other than English at home.

10.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

38.5% of Wahroonga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.5% was born in Australia.

8.2% of residents were born in China.

2.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.4% of ancestry responses in Wahroonga.

Australian ancestry made up 25.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 17.1% of responses.

40.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 21.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 10.9%.

Median household income was $2,998 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,467.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $600 per week.

Working from home was 52.6% in Wahroonga, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 40.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 18.6% in Wahroonga, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.