Boggabri

18.4% of Boggabri's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

288 family households lived in Boggabri; 37.8% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Boggabri had 1,203 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in Boggabri.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

41.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

27.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Boggabri had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.9%, while 19.2% had four or more usual residents.

10.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

3.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 34.4% of the total.

63.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.5% reported a different address.

4.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

85.6% of residents used only English at home.

1.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.2% of Boggabri's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.8% 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 85.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Boggabri.

Australian ancestry made up 46.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

6.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 14.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.2% of workers, and education and training employed 4.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.6% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.4%.

Median household income was $1,506 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 10.3% in Boggabri, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 41.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.5% in Boggabri, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.