Koonawarra

20.6% of Koonawarra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,022 family households lived in Koonawarra; 35.5% were couple families and 30.9% were one-parent families.

38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Koonawarra had 3,732 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.4% of occupied private dwellings in Koonawarra.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

27.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

30.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Koonawarra had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 24.3% had four or more usual residents.

11.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

60.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

8.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

54.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.8% reported a different address.

15.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.3% of Koonawarra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Koonawarra.

Australian ancestry made up 38.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

11.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

24.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.4% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 54.3%.

Median household income was $1,258 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 11.5% in Koonawarra, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 27.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 42.2% in Koonawarra, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.