West Pennant Hills

18.3% of West Pennant Hills's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

4,841 family households lived in West Pennant Hills; 58.1% were couple families and 8.4% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

West Pennant Hills had 16,620 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 90.8% of occupied private dwellings in West Pennant Hills.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.

45.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

42.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in West Pennant Hills had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 39.7% had four or more usual residents.

50.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 23.9% of the total.

73.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.9% reported a different address.

40.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

58.7% of residents used only English at home.

39.3% used a language other than English at home.

11.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 7.4% spoke Cantonese and 2.1% spoke Hindi.

40.9% of West Pennant Hills's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 59.1% was born in Australia.

8.6% of residents were born in China.

4.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.6% of ancestry responses in West Pennant Hills.

Australian ancestry made up 21.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 23.2% of responses.

38.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

36.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

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

66.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 15.6%.

Median household income was $3,078 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,033.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $641 per week.

Working from home was 50.4% in West Pennant Hills, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 45.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 12.5% in West Pennant Hills, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.