Pelaw Main

19.4% of Pelaw Main's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

294 family households lived in Pelaw Main; 36.1% were couple families and 26.5% were one-parent families.

33.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Pelaw Main had 1,080 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.0% of occupied private dwellings in Pelaw Main.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.6% 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.

35.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Pelaw Main had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

9.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

64.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% 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 34.0% of the total.

58.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.8% reported a different address.

5.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

95.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.3% of Pelaw Main's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 95.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Pelaw Main.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

7.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 4.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 4.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.1% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 9.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 61.6%.

Median household income was $1,174 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,447.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 9.4% in Pelaw Main, 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 29.4% in Pelaw Main, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.