Worrowing Heights

2.8% of Worrowing Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

208 family households lived in Worrowing Heights; 5.3% were couple families and 1.9% were one-parent families.

1.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Worrowing Heights had 713 residents at the 2021 Census.

2.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

92.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 7.1% of occupied private dwellings in Worrowing Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 92.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

81.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

10.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Worrowing Heights had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 39.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 56.4%, while 2.0% had four or more usual residents.

37.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

62.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

7.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 72.2% of the total.

21.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.1% reported a different address.

23.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

87.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.1% of Worrowing Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.6% of ancestry responses in Worrowing Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 28.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 27.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 8.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

2.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 4.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

23.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 38.0% arthritis and 13.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.5%.

Median household income was $767 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $503.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $187 per week.

Working from home was 37.5% in Worrowing Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 81.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 8.9% in Worrowing Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.