Moss Vale

17.9% of Moss Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

2,535 family households lived in Moss Vale; 39.0% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Moss Vale had 9,310 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 86.8% of occupied private dwellings in Moss Vale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

40.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

32.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.0% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

The average household in Moss Vale had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 22.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

60.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 36.5% of the total.

58.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.7% reported a different address.

17.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

17.1% of Moss Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.9% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Moss Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.1%.

Median household income was $1,511 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 16.6% in Moss Vale, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 40.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Renting accounted for 28.0% in Moss Vale, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.