Garah

14.8% of Garah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

58 family households lived in Garah; 48.3% were couple families and 6.9% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Garah had 291 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 102.4% of occupied private dwellings in Garah.

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

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

52.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Garah had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 33.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

27.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

51.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.5% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

61.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.4% reported a different address.

1.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.4% 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.

1.0% of Garah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 99.0% 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 68.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.0% of ancestry responses in Garah.

Australian ancestry made up 28.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 40.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

45.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 4.1% arthritis and 2.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.6%.

Median household income was $1,343 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $604.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 27.9% in Garah, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 52.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 23.5% in Garah, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.