Macksville

18.0% of Macksville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

729 family households lived in Macksville; 31.3% were couple families and 25.4% were one-parent families.

35.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Macksville had 2,782 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.5% of occupied private dwellings in Macksville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

43.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

26.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Macksville had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.8%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

64.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.6% walked or cycled.

8.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 43.6% of the total.

48.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.5% of Macksville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Macksville.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

12.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

19.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

47.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.1%.

Median household income was $944 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 6.3% in Macksville, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 43.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 30.3% in Macksville, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.