Balranald

18.2% of Balranald's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

292 family households lived in Balranald; 36.6% were couple families and 15.1% were one-parent families.

32.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Balranald had 1,240 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.1% of occupied private dwellings in Balranald.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

46.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

24.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Balranald had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

6.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

64.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.7% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.0% of the total.

57.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.5% reported a different address.

7.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.3% of Balranald's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.7% of ancestry responses in Balranald.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.3%.

Median household income was $1,197 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $893.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 6.2% in Balranald, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 46.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.8% in Balranald, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.