Merimbula

11.8% of Merimbula's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

973 family households lived in Merimbula; 25.4% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

26.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Merimbula had 3,821 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 58.3% of occupied private dwellings in Merimbula.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 22.3% of occupied private dwellings.

43.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Merimbula had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.0%, while 10.7% 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.

61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.6% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 47.8% of the total.

45.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.8% reported a different address.

16.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

16.4% of Merimbula's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.6% 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 46.1% of ancestry responses in Merimbula.

Australian ancestry made up 35.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 14.3% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.4%.

Median household income was $1,146 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

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

Outright ownership was 43.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 33.4% in Merimbula, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.