Wards River

11.2% of Wards River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

50 family households lived in Wards River; 34.0% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

6.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Wards River had 178 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.7% of occupied private dwellings in Wards River.

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

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

55.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

23.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Wards River had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 41.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 31.1%, while 16.2% had four or more usual residents.

22.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

59.3% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

9.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.

62.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

3.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.9% of Wards River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.1% 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 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.3% of ancestry responses in Wards River.

Australian ancestry made up 50.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 25.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.2% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

17.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

38.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 11.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.2%.

Median household income was $783 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,465.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 22.0% in Wards River, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 55.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Wards River, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.