Grenfell

14.4% of Grenfell's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

697 family households lived in Grenfell; 30.3% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

26.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Grenfell had 2,600 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.9% of occupied private dwellings in Grenfell.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.1% of occupied private dwellings.

52.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

25.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Grenfell had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.8%, while 13.5% had four or more usual residents.

13.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

59.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.8% 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 37.0% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.3% reported a different address.

5.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.9% of Grenfell's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.9% of ancestry responses in Grenfell.

Australian ancestry made up 44.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

13.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 22.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.1% reported asthma, 16.3% arthritis and 6.5% 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 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.2%.

Median household income was $991 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

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

Working from home was 13.4% in Grenfell, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 52.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Grenfell, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.