Grafton

17.6% of Grafton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

2,702 family households lived in Grafton; 32.7% were couple families and 23.8% were one-parent families.

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

Grafton had 10,563 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 76.2% of occupied private dwellings in Grafton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.4% of occupied private dwellings.

36.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

28.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Grafton had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

66.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.9% walked or cycled.

8.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 44.2% of the total.

47.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.9% reported a different address.

6.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.4% of Grafton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in Grafton.

Australian ancestry made up 45.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.3%.

Median household income was $1,179 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,348.

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

Working from home was 7.0% in Grafton, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 36.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 35.0% in Grafton, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.