Merriwagga

16.9% of Merriwagga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

27 family households lived in Merriwagga; 55.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

48.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Merriwagga had 124 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 104.3% of occupied private dwellings in Merriwagga.

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

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

70.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

11.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Merriwagga 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 25.0%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

16.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

47.5% 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 8.2% 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 37.8% of the total.

75.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.7% reported a different address.

7.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

81.5% 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.

7.3% of Merriwagga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.7% 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 82.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.6% of ancestry responses in Merriwagga.

Australian ancestry made up 30.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 45.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.4%.

Median household income was $1,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $340.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $101 per week.

Working from home was 16.4% in Merriwagga, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 70.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 17.6% in Merriwagga, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.