Coffs Harbour

16.8% of Coffs Harbour's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

6,845 family households lived in Coffs Harbour; 33.2% were couple families and 23.2% were one-parent families.

35.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Coffs Harbour had 27,089 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.1% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 59.7% of occupied private dwellings in Coffs Harbour.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 20.6% of occupied private dwellings.

34.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

25.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Coffs Harbour had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

9.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

65.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

9.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 43.1% of the total.

47.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.4% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

11.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.6% of Coffs Harbour's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Coffs Harbour.

Australian ancestry made up 35.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.8%.

Median household income was $1,231 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $355 per week.

Working from home was 9.1% in Coffs Harbour, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 34.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 40.9% in Coffs Harbour, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.