Moree

20.8% of Moree's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

2,052 family households lived in Moree; 36.5% were couple families and 20.3% were one-parent families.

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

Moree had 8,962 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 82.5% of occupied private dwellings in Moree.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

32.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

27.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Moree had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 21.9% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.0% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.4% reported a different address.

6.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

76.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.3% of Moree's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.6% of ancestry responses in Moree.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

16.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.7% worked part time.

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

51.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.2%.

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

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,326.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Moree, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 39.9% in Moree, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.