Somerton

22.4% of Somerton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

66 family households lived in Somerton; 48.5% were couple families and 4.5% were one-parent families.

40.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Somerton had 272 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 103.3% of occupied private dwellings in Somerton.

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

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

44.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

29.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Somerton had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 26.6% had four or more usual residents.

18.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

58.9% 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 2.7% 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 20.2% of the total.

71.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.0% reported a different address.

3.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.3% of Somerton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.5% of ancestry responses in Somerton.

Australian ancestry made up 49.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 33.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

46.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% 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 21.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.8%.

Median household income was $1,455 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 18.5% in Somerton, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 44.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 26.1% in Somerton, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.