Wallerawang

21.4% of Wallerawang's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

538 family households lived in Wallerawang; 42.6% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

40.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Wallerawang had 2,019 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.6% of occupied private dwellings in Wallerawang.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

35.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

38.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Wallerawang had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

8.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

71.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.8% reported a different address.

7.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

92.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

7.2% of Wallerawang's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Wallerawang.

Australian ancestry made up 41.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

9.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 59.1%.

Median household income was $1,424 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 $275 per week.

Working from home was 8.8% in Wallerawang, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 35.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 26.0% in Wallerawang, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.