Coolah

17.4% of Coolah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

300 family households lived in Coolah; 36.7% were couple families and 10.3% were one-parent families.

31.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Coolah had 1,262 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 96.5% of occupied private dwellings in Coolah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

51.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

26.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Coolah had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 21.2% had four or more usual residents.

21.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

53.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.0% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

64.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.4% reported a different address.

5.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

82.9% of residents used only English at home.

1.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.6% of Coolah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.4% 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 82.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.5% of ancestry responses in Coolah.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 24.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.2%.

Median household income was $1,162 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $170 per week.

Working from home was 21.6% in Coolah, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 51.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 22.4% in Coolah, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.