Arakoon

9.7% of Arakoon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

142 family households lived in Arakoon; 19.7% were couple families and 12.7% were one-parent families.

16.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Arakoon had 445 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

58.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 96.3% of occupied private dwellings in Arakoon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

62.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

28.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Arakoon had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 54.4%, while 11.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

59.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

66.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

93.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.7% of Arakoon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% 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 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.4% of ancestry responses in Arakoon.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 14.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

20.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 18.2% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.4%.

Median household income was $1,321 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 $400 per week.

Working from home was 20.7% in Arakoon, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 62.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 8.3% in Arakoon, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.