Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW)

16.7% of Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

135 family households lived in Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW); 49.6% were couple families and 9.6% were one-parent families.

28.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW) had 460 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW).

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

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

59.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

21.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW) had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 7.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 38.8% had four or more usual residents.

28.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

43.1% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 13.5% of the total.

80.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.6% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

85.0% of residents used only English at home.

12.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.3% of Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% 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 93.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.0% of ancestry responses in Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW).

Australian ancestry made up 40.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 19.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

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

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.8%.

Median household income was $2,399 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,762.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 28.9% in Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW), compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 59.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 18.6% in Nelson (The Hills Shire - NSW), against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.