Garthowen

18.3% of Garthowen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

49 family households lived in Garthowen; 51.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Garthowen had 169 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Garthowen.

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

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

39.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

54.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Garthowen had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.9%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.

19.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

50.5% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 16.1% of the total.

75.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.6% reported a different address.

3.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

94.1% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.6% of Garthowen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.4% 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 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Garthowen.

Australian ancestry made up 53.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 15.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

40.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 1.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.3%.

Median household income was $2,094 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 $180 per week.

Working from home was 19.4% in Garthowen, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 39.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 6.8% in Garthowen, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.