Koorawatha

13.6% of Koorawatha's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

116 family households lived in Koorawatha; 25.0% were couple families and 22.4% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Koorawatha had 450 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.2% of occupied private dwellings in Koorawatha.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

55.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

30.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Koorawatha had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 10.9% had four or more usual residents.

18.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

60.2% 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 4.3% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 31.7% of the total.

70.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.7% reported a different address.

9.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

88.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.3% of Koorawatha's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Koorawatha.

Australian ancestry made up 40.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 31.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

24.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

40.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

17.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 15.6% arthritis and 10.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.8%.

Median household income was $806 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $940.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 18.6% in Koorawatha, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 55.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 13.6% in Koorawatha, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.