Wingham

18.1% of Wingham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1,464 family households lived in Wingham; 32.7% were couple families and 23.7% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Wingham had 5,395 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.9% of occupied private dwellings in Wingham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

44.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

32.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Wingham had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.1%, while 19.5% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

72.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 38.3% of the total.

56.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.2% reported a different address.

6.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.6% of Wingham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Wingham.

Australian ancestry made up 45.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

13.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.9%.

Median household income was $1,105 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,371.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $306 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Wingham, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 44.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 23.1% in Wingham, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.