Cowra

17.6% of Cowra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

2,679 family households lived in Cowra; 33.6% were couple families and 18.7% were one-parent families.

33.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Cowra had 10,145 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.4% of occupied private dwellings in Cowra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

43.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

27.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Cowra had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 17.9% had four or more usual residents.

7.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

68.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

7.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 38.2% of the total.

54.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.3% reported a different address.

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

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

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

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Cowra.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

13.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.2% 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 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.5%.

Median household income was $1,107 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,235.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 7.9% in Cowra, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 43.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.3% in Cowra, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.