Yass

19.4% of Yass's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,827 family households lived in Yass; 43.2% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Yass had 6,763 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.5% 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 88.5% of occupied private dwellings in Yass.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

41.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Yass had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.4% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

11.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

64.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

4.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 33.5% of the total.

61.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.5% reported a different address.

9.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.3% of Yass's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Yass.

Australian ancestry made up 47.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

18.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 12.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.2%.

Median household income was $1,739 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,773.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 11.1% in Yass, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 24.4% in Yass, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.