Caves Beach

16.3% of Caves Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,187 family households lived in Caves Beach; 38.6% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

30.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Caves Beach had 4,016 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 85.2% of occupied private dwellings in Caves Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

50.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

31.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Caves Beach had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.7%, while 24.6% had four or more usual residents.

24.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

52.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 31.5% of the total.

64.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.6% reported a different address.

11.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

93.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.5% of Caves Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Caves Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

23.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 14.1% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.3%.

Median household income was $1,628 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,090.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 24.7% in Caves Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 50.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Caves Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.