Waterview Heights

16.7% of Waterview Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

405 family households lived in Waterview Heights; 35.6% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

27.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Waterview Heights had 1,364 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 101.1% of occupied private dwellings in Waterview Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

50.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

44.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Waterview Heights had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 47.8%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

8.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

69.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 21.8% of the total.

76.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.3% reported a different address.

6.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

93.9% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.7% of Waterview Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Waterview Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 45.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.8%.

Median household income was $1,485 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 8.7% in Waterview Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 50.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 5.8% in Waterview Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.