Muswellbrook

22.0% of Muswellbrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

3,129 family households lived in Muswellbrook; 40.5% were couple families and 21.2% were one-parent families.

43.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Muswellbrook had 12,272 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.0% of occupied private dwellings in Muswellbrook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

27.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

33.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Muswellbrook had 2.5 people.

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

Two-person households represented 31.6%, while 24.1% 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.

67.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 37.9% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.5% reported a different address.

8.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

86.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.9% of Muswellbrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Muswellbrook.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

10.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 6.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.0%.

Median household income was $1,603 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 27.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 39.1% in Muswellbrook, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.