Tuncurry

9.6% of Tuncurry's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

1,726 family households lived in Tuncurry; 20.6% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

19.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Tuncurry had 6,376 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

60.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 54.3% of occupied private dwellings in Tuncurry.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 20.6% of occupied private dwellings.

54.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

17.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Tuncurry had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 40.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 9.6% had four or more usual residents.

8.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

62.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

8.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 52.9% of the total.

39.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.4% reported a different address.

10.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.5% of Tuncurry's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.7% of ancestry responses in Tuncurry.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 35.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

15.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

42.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 21.1% arthritis and 8.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.5%.

Median household income was $854 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,322.

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

Working from home was 8.1% in Tuncurry, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 54.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.1% in Tuncurry, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.