Blayney

20.7% of Blayney's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

938 family households lived in Blayney; 40.0% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

39.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Blayney had 3,448 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 92.2% of occupied private dwellings in Blayney.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

35.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

32.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Blayney had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 22.0% had four or more usual residents.

8.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

5.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

95.0% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.4% of Blayney's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Blayney.

Australian ancestry made up 47.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

11.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.6% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.6%.

Median household income was $1,383 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,380.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

Working from home was 8.2% in Blayney, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 35.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.6% in Blayney, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.