Watanobbi

21.0% of Watanobbi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,066 family households lived in Watanobbi; 35.8% were couple families and 30.3% were one-parent families.

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

Watanobbi had 3,980 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.9% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 86.4% of occupied private dwellings in Watanobbi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

35.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Watanobbi had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

57.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 40.3% of the total.

52.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.9% reported a different address.

15.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

9.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

15.1% of Watanobbi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.9% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Watanobbi.

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

13.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

51.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

11.3% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.9%.

Median household income was $1,315 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,710.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 17.4% in Watanobbi, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 42.2% in Watanobbi, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.