Book Book

25.4% of Book Book's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

31 family households lived in Book Book; 64.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

38.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Book Book had 130 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

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

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

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

56.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

21.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Book Book had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Two-person households represented 25.0%, while 28.1% had four or more usual residents.

37.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

40.7% 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 7.4% 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 20.0% of the total.

80.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.3% reported a different address.

4.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

75.4% 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.

4.6% of Book Book's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.4% 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 76.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Book Book.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

20.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 63.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 13.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

46.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 6.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 4.6% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.6%.

Median household income was $1,843 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 37.0% in Book Book, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 56.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Book Book, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.