Merah North

20.9% of Merah North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

33 family households lived in Merah North; 27.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

24.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Merah North had 129 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in Merah North.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

56.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

12.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Merah North had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 47.6%, while 23.8% had four or more usual residents.

23.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

60.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.2% 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 33.3% of the total.

81.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.9% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

83.7% 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.

8.5% of Merah North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% 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 81.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.2% of ancestry responses in Merah North.

Australian ancestry made up 47.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 50.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.6% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

56.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 3.1% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.0%.

Median household income was $1,857 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $110 per week.

Working from home was 23.9% in Merah North, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 56.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.3% in Merah North, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.