East Ballina

15.6% of East Ballina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,707 family households lived in East Ballina; 33.8% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

31.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

East Ballina had 5,882 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 61.2% of occupied private dwellings in East Ballina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 30.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.7% of occupied private dwellings.

46.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

25.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in East Ballina had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 26.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 42.5%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

60.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 37.8% of the total.

59.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.4% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.1% of East Ballina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.3% of ancestry responses in East Ballina.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

26.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.0% of workers, and education and training employed 13.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.5%.

Median household income was $1,554 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $460 per week.

Working from home was 16.3% in East Ballina, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 46.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.6% in East Ballina, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.