Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW)

11.0% of Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

48 family households lived in Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW); 25.0% were couple families and 14.6% were one-parent families.

8.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW) had 145 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

56.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 105.9% of occupied private dwellings in Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

71.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

19.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW) had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 10.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 57.9%, while 14.0% had four or more usual residents.

14.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

57.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.4% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 15.8% of the total.

78.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.2% reported a different address.

9.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

94.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.0% of Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW).

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 17.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.9%.

Median household income was $1,303 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 14.1% in Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW), compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 71.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 8.9% in Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW), against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.