Bowenfels

21.0% of Bowenfels's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

468 family households lived in Bowenfels; 34.0% were couple families and 29.5% were one-parent families.

42.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Bowenfels had 2,049 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bowenfels.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

29.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

24.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

46.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Bowenfels had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 36.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 30.7%, while 22.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

64.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

16.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 40.1% of the total.

43.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.2% reported a different address.

8.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

82.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.4% of Bowenfels's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Bowenfels.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

9.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 4.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

19.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

45.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 12.7% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.0%.

Median household income was $917 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,560.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $185 per week.

Working from home was 7.5% in Bowenfels, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 29.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 46.7% in Bowenfels, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.