Mullumbimby

17.7% of Mullumbimby's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1,017 family households lived in Mullumbimby; 37.4% were couple families and 25.2% were one-parent families.

40.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Mullumbimby had 4,180 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 88.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mullumbimby.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

39.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Mullumbimby had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 21.2% had four or more usual residents.

22.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

50.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.9% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 39.3% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.3% reported a different address.

20.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

81.4% of residents used only English at home.

9.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

20.3% of Mullumbimby's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.7% 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 84.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Mullumbimby.

Australian ancestry made up 30.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

26.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

20.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 28.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.3% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.8%.

Median household income was $1,355 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,929.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 22.6% in Mullumbimby, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 39.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Renting accounted for 31.3% in Mullumbimby, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.