Gundagai

16.8% of Gundagai's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

406 family households lived in Gundagai; 37.4% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

30.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Gundagai had 1,699 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.0% of occupied private dwellings in Gundagai.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.2% of occupied private dwellings.

48.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

27.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Gundagai 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 34.7%, while 19.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

66.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.9% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

56.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.6% reported a different address.

9.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

83.6% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

3.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.1% of Gundagai's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.9% was born in Australia.

3.0% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Gundagai.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.5% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.6%.

Median household income was $1,225 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,211.

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

Working from home was 6.5% in Gundagai, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 48.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 24.3% in Gundagai, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.