Wildes Meadow

12.0% of Wildes Meadow's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

81 family households lived in Wildes Meadow; 24.7% were couple families and 6.2% were one-parent families.

17.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Wildes Meadow had 249 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

53.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wildes Meadow.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

62.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

18.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Wildes Meadow had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 15.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 55.7%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.

43.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

35.4% 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 9.2% 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 15.5% of the total.

82.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.3% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

96.0% of residents used only English at home.

1.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.0% of Wildes Meadow's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% 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 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.4% of ancestry responses in Wildes Meadow.

Australian ancestry made up 31.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

20.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 31.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

37.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.3%.

Median household income was $2,100 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.

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

Working from home was 43.1% in Wildes Meadow, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 62.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 18.6% in Wildes Meadow, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.