East Lismore

16.9% of East Lismore's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,196 family households lived in East Lismore; 34.7% were couple families and 26.5% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

East Lismore had 4,980 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 78.4% of occupied private dwellings in East Lismore.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

28.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in East Lismore had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.3%, while 18.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

61.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

7.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 43.2% of the total.

49.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.9% reported a different address.

9.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.4% of East Lismore's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.5% of ancestry responses in East Lismore.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

20.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 5.3% 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 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.3%.

Median household income was $1,236 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,430.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 10.7% in East Lismore, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 39.0% in East Lismore, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.