Worrigee

24.2% of Worrigee's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

1,432 family households lived in Worrigee; 44.1% were couple families and 17.7% were one-parent families.

43.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Worrigee had 5,384 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.9% of occupied private dwellings in Worrigee.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

29.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

34.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Worrigee had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 30.1% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

71.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

2.3% 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.

65.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.0% reported a different address.

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

9.6% of Worrigee's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% 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 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Worrigee.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.0%.

Median household income was $1,586 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 6.1% in Worrigee, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 29.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 35.4% in Worrigee, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.