Parkes

20.7% of Parkes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

2,924 family households lived in Parkes; 38.3% were couple families and 19.0% were one-parent families.

39.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Parkes had 11,324 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 88.4% of occupied private dwellings in Parkes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

35.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

34.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Parkes had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 22.2% had four or more usual residents.

8.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

68.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.5% of the total.

56.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

6.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

6.0% of Parkes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Parkes.

Australian ancestry made up 45.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.2%.

Median household income was $1,401 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 8.2% in Parkes, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 35.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 30.4% in Parkes, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.