Orange

21.6% of Orange's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

10,531 family households lived in Orange; 41.6% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

42.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Orange had 41,232 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 85.6% of occupied private dwellings in Orange.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

31.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

34.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Orange had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 23.5% had four or more usual residents.

10.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

67.8% 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 3.0% walked or cycled.

6.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

56.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.2% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

86.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

10.9% of Orange's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in Orange.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

22.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

37.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.9%.

Median household income was $1,641 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,690.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 10.1% in Orange, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 31.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 34.8% in Orange, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.