Woronora Heights

17.8% of Woronora Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

828 family households lived in Woronora Heights; 60.0% were couple families and 7.7% were one-parent families.

34.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Woronora Heights had 2,781 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Woronora Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

41.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

54.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Woronora Heights had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 6.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 30.3%, while 44.5% had four or more usual residents.

36.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

42.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 13.4% of the total.

86.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.6% reported a different address.

14.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

92.4% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.0% of Woronora Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 95.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Woronora Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 44.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

22.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 16.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

63.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.7% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 22.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.6%.

Median household income was $3,250 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $750 per week.

Working from home was 36.4% in Woronora Heights, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 41.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 4.2% in Woronora Heights, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.