Sapphire Beach

19.5% of Sapphire Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

789 family households lived in Sapphire Beach; 40.3% were couple families and 9.0% were one-parent families.

35.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Sapphire Beach had 2,660 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 84.3% of occupied private dwellings in Sapphire Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

45.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

36.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Sapphire Beach had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 20.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.1%, while 24.3% had four or more usual residents.

15.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

66.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

0.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 28.3% of the total.

70.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.3% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

17.6% of Sapphire Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in Sapphire Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

28.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 18.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.8%.

Median household income was $2,056 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,174.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $475 per week.

Working from home was 15.6% in Sapphire Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 45.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 17.7% in Sapphire Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.