Ballina

11.9% of Ballina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

2,379 family households lived in Ballina; 26.4% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

28.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Ballina had 9,735 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 52.6% of occupied private dwellings in Ballina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 32.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.9% of occupied private dwellings.

39.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

19.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Ballina had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 11.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

59.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.3% walked or cycled.

11.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 49.5% of the total.

38.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.5% reported a different address.

13.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

86.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

13.4% of Ballina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Ballina.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

20.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

46.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 15.0% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.5%.

Median household income was $1,013 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 10.3% in Ballina, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 39.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Renting accounted for 41.0% in Ballina, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.