Skennars Head

18.3% of Skennars Head's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

380 family households lived in Skennars Head; 38.4% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Skennars Head had 1,303 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.9% of occupied private dwellings in Skennars Head.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

53.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

30.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Skennars Head had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.2%, while 23.8% had four or more usual residents.

18.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

58.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 35.0% of the total.

62.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.9% reported a different address.

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.7% of Skennars Head's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% 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 93.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Skennars Head.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

24.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.6% worked part time.

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

60.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.5% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.7%.

Median household income was $1,674 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,297.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 18.0% in Skennars Head, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 53.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 16.5% in Skennars Head, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.