Wickham

7.8% of Wickham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

393 family households lived in Wickham; 20.4% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

22.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Wickham had 1,637 residents at the 2021 Census.

42.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 20.7% of occupied private dwellings in Wickham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 31.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 45.3% of occupied private dwellings.

18.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

24.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

56.9% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Wickham had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 38.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 43.8%, while 7.6% had four or more usual residents.

26.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

45.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.6% walked or cycled.

7.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 52.8% of the total.

38.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.6% reported a different address.

16.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

86.0% of residents used only English at home.

9.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.2% of Wickham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.8% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Wickham.

Australian ancestry made up 32.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

31.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

46.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.9%.

Median household income was $1,902 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,024.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $470 per week.

Working from home was 26.6% in Wickham, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 18.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 56.9% in Wickham, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.