Moruya Heads

15.0% of Moruya Heads's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

304 family households lived in Moruya Heads; 33.6% were couple families and 13.2% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Moruya Heads had 1,125 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 86.0% of occupied private dwellings in Moruya Heads.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

46.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

32.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Moruya Heads had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.1%, while 17.3% had four or more usual residents.

11.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

67.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 35.8% of the total.

60.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.8% reported a different address.

11.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.0% of Moruya Heads's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.3% of ancestry responses in Moruya Heads.

Australian ancestry made up 40.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

21.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

23.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

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

50.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.1%.

Median household income was $1,357 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,663.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 11.9% in Moruya Heads, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 46.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.5% in Moruya Heads, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.