Delegate

18.0% of Delegate's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

74 family households lived in Delegate; 27.0% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Delegate had 295 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 103.3% of occupied private dwellings in Delegate.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

64.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

19.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Delegate had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 38.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

13.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

61.1% 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 9.7% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

59.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.8% reported a different address.

7.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.5% of Delegate's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.5% 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 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.6% of ancestry responses in Delegate.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

9.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 27.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 15.9% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.0%.

Median household income was $785 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $859.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 13.3% in Delegate, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 64.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 16.1% in Delegate, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.