Cobar

21.1% of Cobar's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

822 family households lived in Cobar; 39.9% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

41.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Cobar had 3,603 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.2% of occupied private dwellings in Cobar.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

29.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Cobar had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 20.5% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

67.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.6% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

55.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.5% reported a different address.

7.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

80.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

7.7% of Cobar's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.0% of ancestry responses in Cobar.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

12.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

38.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.4%.

Median household income was $1,816 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,109.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Cobar, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 36.2% in Cobar, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.