Woolgoolga

15.7% of Woolgoolga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,615 family households lived in Woolgoolga; 36.2% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

32.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Woolgoolga had 6,151 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% 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 82.4% of occupied private dwellings in Woolgoolga.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

45.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

23.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Woolgoolga had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 20.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

65.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 41.1% of the total.

53.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.5% reported a different address.

24.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

71.7% of residents used only English at home.

22.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

24.2% of Woolgoolga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

10.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.7% of ancestry responses in Woolgoolga.

Australian ancestry made up 30.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 18.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.1%.

Median household income was $1,190 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 8.4% in Woolgoolga, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 45.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 30.5% in Woolgoolga, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.