Editing Nowra (section)

== Demographics ==
[[Image:AMudgeeShot0010.jpg|thumb|Nowra Creek]]According to the 2021 census, Nowra has a population of 22,584. This covers suburbs only south of the [[Shoalhaven River]].<ref name="2021census" /> The population is slightly younger than the state and country as a whole, with an average age of 37 compared to 38 for both Australia and New South Wales. However, the population is [[Bimodal distribution|bimodally distributed]], with a larger percentage of children and the elderly than the state and national averages.<ref name="2021census" /> 79.7% of the population were born in Australia and 82.1% speak only English at home, both above the state and national averages.<ref name="2021census" />

Nowra has a lower level of tertiary education than typical for the state and nation. Only 15% of the population of Nowra hold a tertiary qualification, compared to 23.3% of Australia and 23.8% of New South Wales.<ref name="2021census" />

The top five reported ancestries in Nowra at the 2021 census were Australian (40.9%), English (37.7%), Australian Aboriginal (10%), Irish (9.5%), and Scottish (8.3%).<ref name="2021census" /> Most (63%) people had both parents born in Australia, higher than the state and national averages.

The population of the suburb of Nowra (central Nowra) at the 2021 census was 9,956.<ref name="2021census" /> The Australian Bureau of statistics also recognises a larger built-up area including suburbs north of the Shoalhaven, North Nowra-Bomaderry, which had a population of 16,098 at the 2021 census.<ref name="2021census" />