Port Macquarie

15.6% of Port Macquarie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

13,035 family households lived in Port Macquarie; 33.1% were couple families and 17.4% were one-parent families.

31.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Port Macquarie had 47,693 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 66.1% of occupied private dwellings in Port Macquarie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.2% of occupied private dwellings.

41.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

25.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Port Macquarie had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

12.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

64.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

7.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 43.5% of the total.

49.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.4% reported a different address.

14.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

90.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.3% of Port Macquarie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.0% of ancestry responses in Port Macquarie.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

23.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.7%.

Median household income was $1,282 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,751.

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

Working from home was 12.6% in Port Macquarie, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 41.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 32.8% in Port Macquarie, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.