Moruya

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

1,195 family households lived in Moruya; 29.0% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

26.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Moruya had 4,295 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.0% of occupied private dwellings in Moruya.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

49.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

27.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Moruya had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 17.0% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 33.7% of the total.

60.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.5% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

88.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.7% of Moruya's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Moruya.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

14.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

23.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

47.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 15.4% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $1,140 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 9.3% in Moruya, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 49.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 22.6% in Moruya, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.