Valentine

19.1% of Valentine's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,738 family households lived in Valentine; 45.3% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Valentine had 5,773 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.9% of occupied private dwellings in Valentine.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

49.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

39.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Valentine had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 30.8% had four or more usual residents.

27.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

52.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 26.8% of the total.

71.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.7% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

94.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.1% of Valentine's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.3% of ancestry responses in Valentine.

Australian ancestry made up 41.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

27.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

33.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.1%.

Median household income was $2,159 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,096.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 27.4% in Valentine, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 49.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 11.3% in Valentine, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.