Wattle Grove

22.9% of Wattle Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,516 family households lived in Wattle Grove; 59.2% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

43.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Wattle Grove had 8,886 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Grove.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

26.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

43.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.8% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Wattle Grove had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 12.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 25.3%, while 40.7% had four or more usual residents.

38.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

36.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 26.2% of the total.

71.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.6% reported a different address.

30.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

65.9% of residents used only English at home.

31.5% used a language other than English at home.

2.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.6% spoke Hindi.

30.2% of Wattle Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.8% was born in Australia.

1.8% of residents were born in China.

4.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.6% of ancestry responses in Wattle Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 30.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.0% of responses.

24.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 5.9% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.2%.

Median household income was $2,459 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 38.1% in Wattle Grove, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 26.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 29.8% in Wattle Grove, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.