Murrays Beach

23.4% of Murrays Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

289 family households lived in Murrays Beach; 42.2% were couple families and 5.5% were one-parent families.

36.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Murrays Beach had 882 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in Murrays Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

40.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

50.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Murrays Beach had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 8.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 47.9%, while 31.4% had four or more usual residents.

40.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

40.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 24.5% of the total.

73.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

91.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.7% of Murrays Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.7% of ancestry responses in Murrays Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

29.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 14.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 12.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

60.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.5%.

Median household income was $2,303 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $579 per week.

Working from home was 40.3% in Murrays Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 40.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 9.1% in Murrays Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.