Cootamundra

16.7% of Cootamundra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,870 family households lived in Cootamundra; 30.4% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

30.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Cootamundra had 6,885 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.5% of occupied private dwellings in Cootamundra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

49.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

25.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Cootamundra had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 16.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

67.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.4% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 39.7% of the total.

51.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

6.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

91.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

6.9% of Cootamundra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.5% of ancestry responses in Cootamundra.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.1% reported asthma, 15.9% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.7%.

Median household income was $1,037 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,149.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Cootamundra, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 49.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 24.5% in Cootamundra, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.