Upper Kangaroo River

6.0% of Upper Kangaroo River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

49 family households lived in Upper Kangaroo River; 28.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

18.4% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Upper Kangaroo River had 151 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

55.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 98.5% of occupied private dwellings in Upper Kangaroo River.

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

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

76.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

18.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Upper Kangaroo River had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 25.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 45.5%, while 15.2% had four or more usual residents.

41.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

29.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.3% 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 24.6% of the total.

68.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.7% reported a different address.

25.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

25.2% of Upper Kangaroo River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.8% 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 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 53.6% of ancestry responses in Upper Kangaroo River.

Australian ancestry made up 25.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

26.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 23.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

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

24.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

62.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 4.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

39.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.1%.

Median household income was $1,781 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,528.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 41.0% in Upper Kangaroo River, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 76.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 5.1% in Upper Kangaroo River, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.