Salamander Bay

12.8% of Salamander Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,421 family households lived in Salamander Bay; 28.9% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

24.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Salamander Bay had 4,991 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 59.3% of occupied private dwellings in Salamander Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 31.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

53.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

23.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Salamander Bay had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.0%, while 14.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

54.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 45.6% of the total.

47.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Salamander Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.9% of ancestry responses in Salamander Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 38.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

19.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

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

46.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 19.2% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.7%.

Median household income was $1,107 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 19.3% in Salamander Bay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 53.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 23.3% in Salamander Bay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.