North Nowra

19.9% of North Nowra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,606 family households lived in North Nowra; 39.3% were couple families and 18.9% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

North Nowra had 5,856 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.5% of occupied private dwellings in North Nowra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

37.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in North Nowra had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 22.7% had four or more usual residents.

8.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.3% of the total.

59.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

6.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of North Nowra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.3% of ancestry responses in North Nowra.

Australian ancestry made up 42.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $1,411 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,719.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 8.4% in North Nowra, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 37.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.7% in North Nowra, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.