Nambucca Valley Council

Towns and localities in the Nambucca Valley Council area:

The Nambucca Valley has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Macksville, North Coast railway: Macksville railway station[7]

Nambucca Heads aerial panorama

At the 2016 census, there were 19,212 people in the Nambucca Valley local government area, of these 49 per cent were male and 51 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.6 per cent of the population, nearly treble the national and state averages of 2.8 and 2.9 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the Nambucca Valley Council was 51 years; some thirteen years higher than the national median. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 16.6 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.6 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 44.9 per cent were married and 17 per cent were either divorced or separated.[1]

The median weekly income for residents within the Nambucca Valley Council was significantly below the national average,[1][8] being one of the factors that place parts of the Nambucca Valley Council in an area of social disadvantage.[3]

significantly higher proportion (90.1 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 72.7 per cent). Of the 90 Australian residents who stated that they speak Gumbaynggir, an Australian Aboriginal language, 28 live within the Nambucca Valley Council.[1]

Selected historical census data for Nambucca local government area
Census year			2001[9]	2006[10]	2011[8]	2016[1]
Population		Estimated residents on census night	17,660	17,897	18,644	19,212
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			71st
		% of New South Wales population			0.27%
		% of Australian population	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian			33.4%	33.2%
		English			32.6%	31.9%
		Irish			8.7%	8.6%
		Scottish			7.9%	7.8%
		German			3.0%	2.9%
Language, top responses (other than English)		German	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
		Gumbaynggir	n/c	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
		French	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
		Dutch	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
		Italian	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Anglican	30.3%	28.1%	25.7%	21.7%
		Catholic	22.1%	21.4%	21.8%	19.4%
		No Religion	13.5%	17.8%	21.2%	29.2%
		Presbyterian and Reformed	6.2%	5.8%	5.5%	4.8%
		Uniting Church	6.8%	6.4%	5.3%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$296	A$377	A$467
		% of Australian median income		63.5%	65.3%	70.5%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$562	A$853	A$1080
		% of Australian median income		54.7%	57.6%	62.2%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$642	A$700	A$835
		% of Australian median income		54.8%	56.7%	58.1%

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