Murwillumbah

18.2% of Murwillumbah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

2,015 family households lived in Murwillumbah; 35.5% were couple families and 23.8% were one-parent families.

38.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Murwillumbah had 7,616 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 75.9% of occupied private dwellings in Murwillumbah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 16.2% of occupied private dwellings.

35.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

32.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Murwillumbah had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 20.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

66.4% 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 3.9% 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 41.6% of the total.

50.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.6% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.3% of Murwillumbah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Murwillumbah.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

18.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

24.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.1%.

Median household income was $1,147 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $346 per week.

Working from home was 10.0% in Murwillumbah, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 35.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.4% in Murwillumbah, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.