Smiths Lake

17.8% of Smiths Lake's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

377 family households lived in Smiths Lake; 30.0% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Smiths Lake had 1,332 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 99.2% of occupied private dwellings in Smiths Lake.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

47.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

35.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Smiths Lake had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 26.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 43.2%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

16.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

57.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 39.6% of the total.

59.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.9% reported a different address.

12.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.4% of Smiths Lake's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.6% 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 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Smiths Lake.

Australian ancestry made up 41.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

19.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

21.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,210 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,473.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 16.8% in Smiths Lake, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 47.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 16.9% in Smiths Lake, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.