Gunnedah

22.7% of Gunnedah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

2,610 family households lived in Gunnedah; 41.5% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

42.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Gunnedah had 10,359 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 88.0% of occupied private dwellings in Gunnedah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

33.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

34.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Gunnedah had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.5%, while 23.7% had four or more usual residents.

7.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

65.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

2.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

58.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

5.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.6% of Gunnedah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.7% of ancestry responses in Gunnedah.

Australian ancestry made up 44.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.1%.

Median household income was $1,564 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

Working from home was 7.5% in Gunnedah, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 33.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 32.0% in Gunnedah, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.