Gwabegar

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

29 family households lived in Gwabegar; 44.8% were couple families and 27.6% were one-parent families.

13.8% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Gwabegar had 124 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 96.0% of occupied private dwellings in Gwabegar.

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

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

66.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

19.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Gwabegar had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.6%, while 6.3% had four or more usual residents.

26.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

57.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.5% walked or cycled.

11.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 27.9% of the total.

60.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

83.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 16.5% reported a different address.

3.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

83.9% 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.

3.2% of Gwabegar's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.8% 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 78.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Gwabegar.

Australian ancestry made up 46.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 21.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 37.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

23.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

37.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% 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 7.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.6%.

Median household income was $860 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $698.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $23 per week.

Working from home was 26.2% in Gwabegar, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 66.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Gwabegar, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.