Wakefield

25.7% of Wakefield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

40 family households lived in Wakefield; 70.0% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

47.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Wakefield had 144 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wakefield.

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

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

52.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

34.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Wakefield had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 23.8%, while 35.7% had four or more usual residents.

30.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

54.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below 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 21.4% of the total.

83.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.4% reported a different address.

6.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

97.9% 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.

6.9% of Wakefield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.1% 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 95.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.9% of ancestry responses in Wakefield.

Australian ancestry made up 41.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

30.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.9% of workers, and education and training employed 20.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 29.4% worked part time.

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

63.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.3% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.9%.

Median household income was $2,281 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $353 per week.

Working from home was 30.0% in Wakefield, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 52.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 13.2% in Wakefield, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.