South West Rocks

12.9% of South West Rocks's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,471 family households lived in South West Rocks; 24.3% were couple families and 14.6% were one-parent families.

23.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

South West Rocks had 5,058 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

54.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 81.3% of occupied private dwellings in South West Rocks.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.7% of occupied private dwellings.

54.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

20.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in South West Rocks had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 30.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 46.7%, while 12.1% had four or more usual residents.

11.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

62.2% 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 5.5% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 44.5% of the total.

51.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.6% of South West Rocks's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.4% of ancestry responses in South West Rocks.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

18.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

47.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 18.8% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.3%.

Median household income was $980 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $323 per week.

Working from home was 11.2% in South West Rocks, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 54.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 24.9% in South West Rocks, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.