Batemans Bay

11.7% of Batemans Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

341 family households lived in Batemans Bay; 19.6% were couple families and 23.8% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Batemans Bay had 1,573 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 40.1% of occupied private dwellings in Batemans Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 41.2% of occupied private dwellings.

33.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

9.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

57.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Batemans Bay had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 52.0% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 32.3%, while 8.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

59.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.5% walked or cycled.

15.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 54.5% of the total.

30.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.3% reported a different address.

16.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

84.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.6% of Batemans Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.4% of ancestry responses in Batemans Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 37.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

8.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 3.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 39.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

18.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

44.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 16.3% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.0%.

Median household income was $791 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 5.3% in Batemans Bay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 33.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 57.5% in Batemans Bay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.