Wagga Wagga

12.3% of Wagga Wagga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,597 family households lived in Wagga Wagga; 31.7% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

30.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Wagga Wagga had 7,198 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 53.8% of occupied private dwellings in Wagga Wagga.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 24.0% of occupied private dwellings.

28.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

18.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

53.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Wagga Wagga had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 45.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.1%, while 11.6% had four or more usual residents.

8.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

60.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.7% walked or cycled.

13.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 48.7% of the total.

38.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.5% reported a different address.

16.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

80.5% of residents used only English at home.

13.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

16.4% of Wagga Wagga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.6% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

2.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Wagga Wagga.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

27.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.2%.

Median household income was $1,355 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 8.0% in Wagga Wagga, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 28.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 53.0% in Wagga Wagga, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.