Cessnock

17.1% of Cessnock's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

3,867 family households lived in Cessnock; 32.3% were couple families and 28.9% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Cessnock had 16,300 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 84.0% of occupied private dwellings in Cessnock.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

28.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Cessnock had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

61.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 40.5% of the total.

51.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.8% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

82.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.1% of Cessnock's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Cessnock.

Australian ancestry made up 40.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

10.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

21.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

41.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,192 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,499.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 10.0% in Cessnock, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 39.1% in Cessnock, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.