Wilcannia

22.0% of Wilcannia's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

142 family households lived in Wilcannia; 25.4% were couple families and 39.4% were one-parent families.

42.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Wilcannia had 735 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 83.9% of occupied private dwellings in Wilcannia.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

32.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

7.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

60.4% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Wilcannia had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 34.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 24.3%, while 31.2% had four or more usual residents.

27.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

39.4% 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 15.6% walked or cycled.

25.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 41.1% of the total.

30.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.1% reported a different address.

1.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

74.8% of residents used only English at home.

1.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

1.9% of Wilcannia's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 98.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.7% of ancestry responses in Wilcannia.

Australian ancestry made up 15.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 30.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.6% of workers, and education and training employed 17.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 34.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

23.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 6.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 4.5% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.3%.

Median household income was $1,211 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,350.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $155 per week.

Working from home was 27.8% in Wilcannia, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 60.4% in Wilcannia, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.