Moama

17.1% of Moama's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

2,021 family households lived in Moama; 37.2% were couple families and 10.1% were one-parent families.

31.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Moama had 7,213 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 86.6% of occupied private dwellings in Moama.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

46.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

32.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Moama had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 24.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 20.9% had four or more usual residents.

9.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

68.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 34.8% of the total.

60.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.2% reported a different address.

7.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

7.8% of Moama's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Moama.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

17.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 16.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

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

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.8% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,348 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,627.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $315 per week.

Working from home was 9.7% in Moama, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 46.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.3% in Moama, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.