Laffing Waters

21.4% of Laffing Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

23 family households lived in Laffing Waters; 65.2% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

30.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Laffing Waters had 98 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.4% of occupied private dwellings in Laffing Waters.

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

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

38.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

41.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Laffing Waters had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 12.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 28.1%, while 40.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

69.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 21.9% of the total.

87.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.0% reported a different address.

9.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

95.9% 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.

9.2% of Laffing Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.8% 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 96.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.8% of ancestry responses in Laffing Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 49.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

27.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

49.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 5.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.2%.

Median household income was $2,285 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Laffing Waters, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 20.6% in Laffing Waters, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.