Rowena

18.0% of Rowena's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

38 family households lived in Rowena; 42.1% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

47.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Rowena had 172 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 113.2% of occupied private dwellings in Rowena.

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

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

54.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

16.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Rowena had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 30.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

61.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% 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 27.6% of the total.

70.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.4% reported a different address.

4.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

86.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.7% of Rowena's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.3% 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 83.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Rowena.

Australian ancestry made up 47.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

4.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 38.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.5% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

48.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $1,731 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $50 per week.

Working from home was 20.2% in Rowena, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 54.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.2% in Rowena, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.