Empty dwellings and townhouses above the state
One night's count gives Kingscliff a higher unoccupied share than the state: 16% of private dwellings stood empty on Census night, against 9% across NSW. The figure records that night only and gives no reason. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses make up 17% of occupied homes, above the 12% across NSW.
Separate houses account for 62% of occupied homes, below the 66% across NSW, and flats or apartments for 21%, below the 22% across NSW. By bedrooms, 39% of homes have three (35% across NSW), 31% have four or more (34% across NSW) and 29% have two bedrooms or fewer (30% across NSW). Three bedrooms is the one size above the state here.
Rent measured against income
Worked out on this page from two medians, the median weekly rent in Kingscliff equals 31% of the median weekly income of all its households, renters or not, above the 23% across NSW. The median rent was $490 a week, above the $420 across NSW, while the median household income was $1,575 a week, below the $1,829 across NSW.
Owning outright is more common than across the state, at 42% of households against 32% across NSW. Paying off a mortgage, at 27%, is below the 33% across NSW, and renting, at 28%, is below the 33% across NSW. The median mortgage repayment was $2,200 a month, above the $2,167 across NSW. Of renting households, 69% rented from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, the same as across NSW.
An older median, smaller households
The median age in Kingscliff was 47 years, above the 39 across NSW, which suggests older residents than the state as a whole. Households are smaller too, with 2.4 people in an average household against 2.6 across NSW. In all, 8,355 people lived in the suburb of Kingscliff at the 2021 Census.
Asked in 2021 where they had lived in 2016, 47% of people aged five and over in Kingscliff gave the same address, below the 54% across NSW. It comes from a single 2021 question, and it counts each person aged five and over rather than each household.