Boorowa

17.9% of Boorowa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

450 family households lived in Boorowa; 33.8% were couple families and 12.2% were one-parent families.

30.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Boorowa had 1,888 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.6% of occupied private dwellings in Boorowa.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

51.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

27.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Boorowa had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.1%, while 16.2% had four or more usual residents.

15.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 31.9% of the total.

63.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.9% reported a different address.

5.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

82.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.9% of Boorowa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in Boorowa.

Australian ancestry made up 38.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 23.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

45.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.6%.

Median household income was $1,199 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $245 per week.

Working from home was 15.5% in Boorowa, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 51.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.1% in Boorowa, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.