years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.7% were in a de facto marriage. Of people were attending an educational institution, 34.3% were in primary school, 19.1% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution. The most common responses for religion in Googong were No Religion, so described 36.2%, Catholic 26.6%, Anglican 12.2%, Not stated 4.2% and Hinduism 3.3%. Commercial areas Googong North Village Centre opened in Googong’s first neighbourhood with an IGA supermarket, liquor store, Gorman & Co. pub, café, hair salon, beautician, Our Place Childcare, Domino’s Pizza, Club Lime gym, GP clinic, dentist, physiotherapist, allied health services, discount pharmacy, vet, real estate agent, and a Community Centre Googong Town Centre Plans for a $143 million town center were revealed in 2018 in Googong Central, the town’s second neighbourhood. Work is scheduled to be completed on supermarkets and the retail precinct in the coming years. Education The Anglican School Googong The Anglican School Googong is a co-educational, open-entry school that currently caters for Early Learning through to Year 10. By 2023 it will take students through until Year 12. Googong public primary school In June 2018, the New South Wales Government announced the approval and planning commencement of a public primary school for Googong. In 2020, they announced that the school will open for students for Term 1, 2023. This will be located on land adjacent to the Googong North Village Centre. Googong public secondary school The public secondary school will be located in Googong Central. A site has been gifted to the New South Wales Government. Sustainability Water Recycling Plant The Googong Water Recycling Plant is part of an $133 million integrated water recycling system which was funded, designed and built by Googong’s developers and gifted to the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council who manage the site. The recycled water is delivered through an existing network of purple-coloured pipes and taps, distinguishing it from potable water. It will be used across Googong’s public green spaces and delivered to all Googong residents, schools and businesses for non-potable uses such as watering gardens and flushing toilets. The system will recycle over half the waste water used on site, and reduce potable water consumption in the town by 60%. Green Star Rating Googong was awarded the Green Building Council of Australia’s first 5-Star Green Star – Communities rating in 2016. The township was given a