Byron Bay

11.2% of Byron Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1,284 family households lived in Byron Bay; 31.5% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

32.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Byron Bay had 6,330 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 55.6% of occupied private dwellings in Byron Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.6% of occupied private dwellings.

36.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

21.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Byron Bay had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

25.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

40.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.5% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 42.5% of the total.

50.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.3% reported a different address.

29.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

76.1% of residents used only English at home.

14.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

29.9% of Byron Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 73.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.4% of ancestry responses in Byron Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 26.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

23.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

21.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 29.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 1.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.4%.

Median household income was $1,561 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $600 per week.

Working from home was 25.0% in Byron Bay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 36.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 42.1% in Byron Bay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.