East Tamworth

18.9% of East Tamworth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,461 family households lived in East Tamworth; 36.0% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

36.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

East Tamworth had 5,417 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 81.6% of occupied private dwellings in East Tamworth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

36.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

27.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in East Tamworth had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.4%, while 19.6% had four or more usual residents.

15.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

60.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 40.0% of the total.

54.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.2% reported a different address.

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

11.7% of East Tamworth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in East Tamworth.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

30.0% 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 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.9%.

Median household income was $1,711 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,616.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $325 per week.

Working from home was 15.5% in East Tamworth, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 36.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 35.7% in East Tamworth, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.