Walla Walla

17.6% of Walla Walla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

206 family households lived in Walla Walla; 31.6% were couple families and 20.4% were one-parent families.

29.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Walla Walla had 811 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.1% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 97.6% of occupied private dwellings in Walla Walla.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

36.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Walla Walla had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 27.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 42.3%, while 18.3% had four or more usual residents.

16.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

55.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.8% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 29.6% of the total.

65.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.1% reported a different address.

5.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.8% of Walla Walla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.2% 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 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.8% of ancestry responses in Walla Walla.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 22.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.4%.

Median household income was $1,166 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $977.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 16.5% in Walla Walla, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 15.2% in Walla Walla, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.