Taree

17.6% of Taree's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

4,189 family households lived in Taree; 28.6% were couple families and 26.6% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Taree had 16,715 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 78.1% of occupied private dwellings in Taree.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.6% of occupied private dwellings.

38.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

23.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Taree had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 17.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

69.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

10.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 45.2% of the total.

44.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.9% reported a different address.

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

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% 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 Taree's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.7% of ancestry responses in Taree.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 25.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

20.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

45.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.4% reported asthma, 14.9% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.0%.

Median household income was $968 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 $289 per week.

Working from home was 5.0% in Taree, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 38.7% in Taree, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.