Waratah West

13.7% of Waratah West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

711 family households lived in Waratah West; 33.5% were couple families and 20.1% were one-parent families.

32.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Waratah West had 3,142 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 85.1% of occupied private dwellings in Waratah West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

25.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Waratah West had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.9% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

17.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

54.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

7.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 38.2% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

80.7% of residents used only English at home.

14.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

18.7% of Waratah West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% was born in Australia.

1.4% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.6% of ancestry responses in Waratah West.

Australian ancestry made up 36.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.0% of responses.

25.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.6%.

Median household income was $1,518 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,853.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 17.6% in Waratah West, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 25.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 45.5% in Waratah West, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.