Empire Vale

11.4% of Empire Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

52 family households lived in Empire Vale; 48.1% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

19.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Empire Vale had 185 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 106.2% of occupied private dwellings in Empire Vale.

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

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

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

40.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Empire Vale had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 30.4%, while 23.2% had four or more usual residents.

13.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

58.6% 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.

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

One-car households formed 28.1% of the total.

76.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.8% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.3% of Empire Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% 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 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.4% of ancestry responses in Empire Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 58.7%.

Median household income was $1,428 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,613.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $520 per week.

Working from home was 13.1% in Empire Vale, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 11.3% in Empire Vale, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.