Googong

28.1% of Googong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

2,141 family households lived in Googong; 60.4% were couple families and 8.4% were one-parent families.

56.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Googong had 7,444 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Googong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

12.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

69.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Googong had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 8.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 29.0%, while 40.2% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

70.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

0.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 16.2% of the total.

83.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

29.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 70.8% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

80.1% of residents used only English at home.

16.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Googong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

3.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.6% of ancestry responses in Googong.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

26.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 21.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 82.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

57.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

66.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.2%.

Median household income was $3,371 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $525 per week.

Working from home was 10.7% in Googong, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 12.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Googong, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.