Wauchope

19.1% of Wauchope's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,763 family households lived in Wauchope; 31.3% were couple families and 25.2% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Wauchope had 6,589 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

37.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

29.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Wauchope had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 19.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 41.1% of the total.

52.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

7.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

91.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.1% of Wauchope's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Wauchope.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.2% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.1%.

Median household income was $1,114 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 $350 per week.

Working from home was 6.2% in Wauchope, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 37.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 33.4% in Wauchope, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.