Oberon

17.4% of Oberon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

860 family households lived in Oberon; 31.5% were couple families and 20.3% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Oberon had 3,319 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in Oberon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

42.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

29.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.2% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

The average household in Oberon had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.2%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

68.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.5% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.3% of the total.

60.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.5% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

83.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.4% of Oberon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Oberon.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.5%.

Median household income was $1,321 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in Oberon, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 42.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.2% in Oberon, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.