North Tamworth

18.3% of North Tamworth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1,449 family households lived in North Tamworth; 42.7% were couple families and 16.0% were one-parent families.

40.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

North Tamworth had 6,273 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 68.8% of occupied private dwellings in North Tamworth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.

26.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

30.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in North Tamworth had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 38.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 30.8%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

62.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

10.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 42.6% of the total.

47.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.4% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

79.5% of residents used only English at home.

11.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

14.2% of North Tamworth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.8% of ancestry responses in North Tamworth.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

26.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 25.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.0%.

Median household income was $1,463 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

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

Working from home was 10.7% in North Tamworth, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 26.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 43.4% in North Tamworth, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.