Kingscliff

17.5% of Kingscliff's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

2,271 family households lived in Kingscliff; 38.4% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

34.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Kingscliff had 8,355 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 61.7% of occupied private dwellings in Kingscliff.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 20.8% of occupied private dwellings.

43.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

27.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Kingscliff had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.4%, while 21.8% had four or more usual residents.

20.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

56.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 40.5% of the total.

54.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.8% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.7% of Kingscliff's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.2% of ancestry responses in Kingscliff.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

26.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.7%.

Median household income was $1,575 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 20.5% in Kingscliff, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 43.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.1% in Kingscliff, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.