Armidale

17.8% of Armidale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

5,594 family households lived in Armidale; 36.4% were couple families and 18.4% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Armidale had 23,967 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 81.7% of occupied private dwellings in Armidale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.2% of occupied private dwellings.

33.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

27.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Armidale had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 19.4% 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.

50.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

8.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 42.1% of the total.

49.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.2% reported a different address.

16.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

78.6% of residents used only English at home.

11.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

16.4% of Armidale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.6% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.1% of ancestry responses in Armidale.

Australian ancestry made up 34.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

26.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 21.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.7%.

Median household income was $1,432 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 33.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 38.9% in Armidale, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.