Swansea

13.5% of Swansea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,406 family households lived in Swansea; 28.9% were couple families and 21.3% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Swansea had 5,044 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 68.1% of occupied private dwellings in Swansea.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 21.8% of occupied private dwellings.

44.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

26.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Swansea had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 15.1% had four or more usual residents.

16.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

58.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

10.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

48.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.3% reported a different address.

9.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.1% of Swansea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

13.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

22.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

46.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 18.2% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.4%.

Median household income was $1,037 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,908.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 16.0% in Swansea, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 44.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.5% in Swansea, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.