Nambucca Heads

13.6% of Nambucca Heads's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,643 family households lived in Nambucca Heads; 24.5% were couple families and 22.2% were one-parent families.

26.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Nambucca Heads had 6,675 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 72.2% of occupied private dwellings in Nambucca Heads.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

48.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

16.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Nambucca Heads had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 42.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 11.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

67.0% 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 3.4% walked or cycled.

9.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 52.6% of the total.

37.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.4% reported a different address.

11.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.3% of Nambucca Heads's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Nambucca Heads.

Australian ancestry made up 39.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 36.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

15.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

42.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 18.6% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.6%.

Median household income was $839 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 $280 per week.

Working from home was 8.3% in Nambucca Heads, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 48.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 34.9% in Nambucca Heads, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.