Patchs Beach

8.9% of Patchs Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

15 family households lived in Patchs Beach; 20.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Patchs Beach had 45 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Patchs Beach.

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

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

42.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

28.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Patchs Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 25.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 45.0%, while 15.0% had four or more usual residents.

19.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

81.0% 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 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 0.0% of the total.

150.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.9% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

93.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of Patchs Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.6% of ancestry responses in Patchs Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 44.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 19.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 47.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 14.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 6.7% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.1%.

Median household income was $1,833 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $413 per week.

Working from home was 19.0% in Patchs Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 42.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.6% in Patchs Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.