Peats Ridge

15.0% of Peats Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

71 family households lived in Peats Ridge; 52.1% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

19.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Peats Ridge had 301 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 101.2% of occupied private dwellings in Peats Ridge.

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

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

43.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

28.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.4% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Peats Ridge had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 27.7%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

37.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

26.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 16.0% 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 14.3% of the total.

84.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.5% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

76.1% of residents used only English at home.

11.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

17.3% of Peats Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.9% of ancestry responses in Peats Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 30.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

9.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 36.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

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

32.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

58.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.5%.

Median household income was $1,875 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $378 per week.

Working from home was 37.2% in Peats Ridge, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 43.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 28.4% in Peats Ridge, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.