Colo Heights

19.6% of Colo Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

89 family households lived in Colo Heights; 46.1% were couple families and 10.1% were one-parent families.

39.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Colo Heights had 336 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 94.2% of occupied private dwellings in Colo Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

36.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

53.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Colo Heights had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 18.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.8%, while 34.6% had four or more usual residents.

17.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

52.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% 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 16.7% of the total.

79.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

80.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 20.0% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.4% of Colo Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% 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 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Colo Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 50.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

9.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.0% of workers, and education and training employed 2.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

23.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

62.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.4%.

Median household income was $1,607 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 17.8% in Colo Heights, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 36.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 10.2% in Colo Heights, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.