Bowral

14.2% of Bowral's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

3,074 family households lived in Bowral; 32.3% were couple families and 12.2% were one-parent families.

26.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Bowral had 10,764 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 80.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bowral.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

53.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

26.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Bowral had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.0%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

29.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

47.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.4% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 42.7% of the total.

53.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.7% reported a different address.

21.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

21.7% of Bowral's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.3% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.3% of ancestry responses in Bowral.

Australian ancestry made up 34.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

28.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

24.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

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

54.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 14.9% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.4%.

Median household income was $1,535 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 29.3% in Bowral, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 53.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 19.9% in Bowral, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.