Megalong Valley

13.5% of Megalong Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

43 family households lived in Megalong Valley; 41.9% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

30.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Megalong Valley had 148 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 102.0% of occupied private dwellings in Megalong Valley.

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

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

62.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

25.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Megalong Valley had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 11.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 37.3%, while 21.6% had four or more usual residents.

43.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

35.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 19.6% of the total.

84.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.8% reported a different address.

23.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

84.5% of residents used only English at home.

12.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.6% of Megalong Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.4% 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 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.5% of ancestry responses in Megalong Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 33.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

20.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 33.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.6% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.4%.

Median household income was $2,042 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 43.1% in Megalong Valley, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 62.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 12.5% in Megalong Valley, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.