Dubbo

21.5% of Dubbo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

11,097 family households lived in Dubbo; 41.0% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Dubbo had 43,516 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 83.2% of occupied private dwellings in Dubbo.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

29.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

35.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Dubbo had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 24.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

5.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 35.4% of the total.

59.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.7% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

82.7% of residents used only English at home.

8.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

10.4% of Dubbo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.2% of ancestry responses in Dubbo.

Australian ancestry made up 40.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 11.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

39.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.1%.

Median household income was $1,690 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,582.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in Dubbo, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 29.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 35.1% in Dubbo, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.