Goulburn

18.3% of Goulburn's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

6,057 family households lived in Goulburn; 37.4% were couple families and 20.2% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Goulburn had 23,963 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 84.1% of occupied private dwellings in Goulburn.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

33.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

31.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Goulburn had 2.3 people.

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

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

69.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 39.2% of the total.

53.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.6% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

85.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

10.7% of Goulburn's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% 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 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Goulburn.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

15.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

33.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

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

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,405 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Goulburn, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 33.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 35.1% in Goulburn, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.