Evans Head

14.7% of Evans Head's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

790 family households lived in Evans Head; 28.7% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

27.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Evans Head had 2,907 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 54.6% of occupied private dwellings in Evans Head.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 34.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

43.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

17.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Evans Head had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.9%, while 14.4% had four or more usual residents.

11.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

59.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.5% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 42.8% of the total.

50.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.4% reported a different address.

6.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

88.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.8% of Evans Head's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Evans Head.

Australian ancestry made up 42.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 14.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

22.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

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

49.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 15.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.2%.

Median household income was $1,086 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,642.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $321 per week.

Working from home was 11.5% in Evans Head, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 43.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 38.9% in Evans Head, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.