Waratah

12.2% of Waratah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,074 family households lived in Waratah; 33.2% were couple families and 23.6% were one-parent families.

35.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Waratah had 4,927 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 62.5% of occupied private dwellings in Waratah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 17.4% of occupied private dwellings.

22.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

29.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

48.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Waratah had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 14.9% had four or more usual residents.

21.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

50.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

12.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

46.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

16.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

78.7% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

16.0% of Waratah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.0% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.5% of ancestry responses in Waratah.

Australian ancestry made up 34.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

28.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.8%.

Median household income was $1,511 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,827.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 21.7% in Waratah, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 22.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 48.4% in Waratah, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.