Tumut

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

1,747 family households lived in Tumut; 36.5% were couple families and 19.5% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Tumut had 6,613 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 85.4% of occupied private dwellings in Tumut.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

29.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Tumut had 2.3 people.

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

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 19.7% had four or more usual residents.

5.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.4% 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 39.0% of the total.

55.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.9% reported a different address.

9.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.4% of Tumut's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in Tumut.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

14.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 12.6% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.4%.

Median household income was $1,242 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 $245 per week.

Working from home was 5.1% in Tumut, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 32.8% in Tumut, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.