Parma

10.2% of Parma's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

49 family households lived in Parma; 40.8% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

24.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Parma had 167 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 96.9% of occupied private dwellings in Parma.

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

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

60.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Parma had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 19.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 42.9%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

22.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

49.4% 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 4.8% 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 17.5% of the total.

76.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.5% reported a different address.

12.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

87.4% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.6% of Parma's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.4% 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 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.7% of ancestry responses in Parma.

Australian ancestry made up 44.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 19.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.6% of workers, and education and training employed 4.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

60.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 15.0% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.7%.

Median household income was $1,624 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $375 per week.

Working from home was 22.9% in Parma, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 60.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 6.9% in Parma, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.