City of Coffs Harbour

Towns and localities in the City of Coffs Harbour are:

The City of Coffs Harbour has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• High Conservation Value Old Growth forest[5]

At the 2011 census, there were 68,413 people in the Coffs Harbour local government area, of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population, nearly double the national average. The median age of people in the City of Coffs Harbour was 42 years; some five years higher than the national median. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.[6]

Population growth in the City of Coffs Harbour between the 2001 Census and the 2006 census was 11.94%; and in the subsequent five years was 5.40%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Coffs Harbour local government area was higher than the national average.[7] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Coffs Harbour was slightly below the national average.[6][8]

At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Coffs Harbour local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Celtic exceeded 82% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 55.4% of all residents in the City of Coffs Harbour nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was slightly above the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Coffs Harbour local government area had a lower than average proportion (6.6%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (90.3%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%). A significant exception was that households in the Coffs Harbour local government area where Punjabi was spoken was three times the national average.[6]

Selected historical census data for Coffs Harbour local government area
Census year			2001[7]	2006[8]	2011[6]	2016[1]
Population		Estimated residents on census night	61,186	64,910	68,413	72,944
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			30th
		% of New South Wales population			0.99%
		% of Australian population	0.33%	0.33%	0.32%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian			31.5%
		English			31.2%
		Irish			9.0%
		Scottish			7.7%
		German			3.2%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Punjabi	1.0%	1.0%	1.3%
		German	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%
		Italian	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
		Dinka	n/c	n/c	0.2%
		French	n/c	n/c	0.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Anglican	28.9%	27.1%	24.5%
		No Religion	14.5%	18.5%	23.1%
		Catholic	23.2%	23.0%	22.2%
		Uniting Church	6.2%	5.0%	4.4%
		Presbyterian and Reformed	5.1%	4.6%	4.3%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$364	A$469
		% of Australian median income		78.1%	81.3%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$706	A$1,097
		% of Australian median income		68.7%	74.1%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$910	A$902
		% of Australian median income		77.7%	73.1%

The City of Coffs Harbour has one sister city:[10]

• Sasebo, Japan

• Local government in New South Wales