Young

20.2% of Young's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

2,746 family households lived in Young; 37.3% were couple families and 19.4% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Young had 10,610 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.4% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 87.4% of occupied private dwellings in Young.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

29.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Young had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 21.1% had four or more usual residents.

7.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 37.6% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

8.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.3% of Young's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.8% of ancestry responses in Young.

Australian ancestry made up 44.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

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

53.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 12.8% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.5%.

Median household income was $1,157 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 7.1% in Young, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Renting accounted for 30.8% in Young, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.