Lightning Ridge

14.5% of Lightning Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

386 family households lived in Lightning Ridge; 26.4% were couple families and 26.2% were one-parent families.

35.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Lightning Ridge had 1,946 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 62.3% of occupied private dwellings in Lightning Ridge.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

53.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

14.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Lightning Ridge had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 44.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 11.0% had four or more usual residents.

9.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

59.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.7% walked or cycled.

7.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 43.8% of the total.

50.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.1% reported a different address.

15.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

69.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.2% of Lightning Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.6% of ancestry responses in Lightning Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 27.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

14.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 13.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 37.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

17.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

38.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 14.1% arthritis and 6.7% 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 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.9%.

Median household income was $792 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 $200 per week.

Working from home was 9.5% in Lightning Ridge, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 53.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 32.0% in Lightning Ridge, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.