Lake Cargelligo

21.7% of Lake Cargelligo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

348 family households lived in Lake Cargelligo; 37.6% were couple families and 19.8% were one-parent families.

40.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Lake Cargelligo had 1,430 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.8% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Cargelligo.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

45.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

22.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Lake Cargelligo had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 32.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

9.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

63.0% 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 9.6% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

56.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.0% reported a different address.

6.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

84.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

6.1% of Lake Cargelligo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.9% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.6% of ancestry responses in Lake Cargelligo.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 26.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.1% of workers, and education and training employed 13.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.7% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.3%.

Median household income was $1,158 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $170 per week.

Working from home was 9.6% in Lake Cargelligo, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 45.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 32.2% in Lake Cargelligo, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.