Sawtell

16.3% of Sawtell's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,033 family households lived in Sawtell; 35.0% were couple families and 17.4% were one-parent families.

32.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Sawtell had 3,788 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 68.8% of occupied private dwellings in Sawtell.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 16.7% of occupied private dwellings.

43.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

23.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Sawtell had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.4%, while 18.2% had four or more usual residents.

14.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

62.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 39.4% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.1% of Sawtell's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.5% of ancestry responses in Sawtell.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.5% worked part time.

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

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 13.1% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.0%.

Median household income was $1,405 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 14.5% in Sawtell, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 43.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 33.3% in Sawtell, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.