Diamond Beach

17.8% of Diamond Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

285 family households lived in Diamond Beach; 29.8% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

33.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Diamond Beach had 1,012 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 88.6% of occupied private dwellings in Diamond Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

28.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Diamond Beach had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 24.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 47.0%, while 18.2% had four or more usual residents.

13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

61.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 30.7% of the total.

67.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.9% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.7% of Diamond Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in Diamond Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

22.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

56.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $1,331 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,658.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 13.2% in Diamond Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 22.9% in Diamond Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.