Menindee

14.0% of Menindee's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

118 family households lived in Menindee; 25.4% were couple families and 24.6% were one-parent families.

37.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Menindee had 537 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Menindee.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

14.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Menindee had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 40.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 14.4% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

46.4% 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 19.6% walked or cycled.

14.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 40.8% of the total.

42.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.4% reported a different address.

3.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

77.8% of residents used only English at home.

0.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.4% of Menindee's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.6% 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 79.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.6% of ancestry responses in Menindee.

Australian ancestry made up 30.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 22.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.5% of workers, and education and training employed 17.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

23.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

46.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.6%.

Median household income was $885 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $758.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $184 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Menindee, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 47.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 38.7% in Menindee, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.