Bourkelands

23.4% of Bourkelands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

881 family households lived in Bourkelands; 49.6% were couple families and 13.2% were one-parent families.

45.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Bourkelands had 3,113 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 94.2% of occupied private dwellings in Bourkelands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

30.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

43.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Bourkelands had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 31.8% had four or more usual residents.

8.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

73.8% 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 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 27.6% of the total.

70.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.8% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

83.9% of residents used only English at home.

13.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Bourkelands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

4.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Bourkelands.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

27.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

46.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.6%.

Median household income was $2,203 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 8.8% in Bourkelands, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 30.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 25.5% in Bourkelands, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.