Lennox Head

19.9% of Lennox Head's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

2,129 family households lived in Lennox Head; 43.3% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

39.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Lennox Head had 7,687 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 73.5% of occupied private dwellings in Lennox Head.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

39.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

36.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Lennox Head had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 26.3% had four or more usual residents.

20.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

57.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 30.5% of the total.

68.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.2% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.4% of Lennox Head's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% 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 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.3% of ancestry responses in Lennox Head.

Australian ancestry made up 36.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

30.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 28.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

64.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 2.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.3%.

Median household income was $2,081 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,192.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $580 per week.

Working from home was 20.8% in Lennox Head, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 39.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Renting accounted for 24.0% in Lennox Head, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.