Valla Beach

14.3% of Valla Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

411 family households lived in Valla Beach; 29.2% were couple families and 14.4% were one-parent families.

27.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Valla Beach had 1,455 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 92.9% of occupied private dwellings in Valla Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

57.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

25.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Valla Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 32.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 42.7%, while 15.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

62.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 48.1% of the total.

50.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

13.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.5% of Valla Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.5% 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 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.2% of ancestry responses in Valla Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

25.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.9% of workers, and education and training employed 13.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

21.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 15.3% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.9%.

Median household income was $1,084 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 16.4% in Valla Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 57.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 17.1% in Valla Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.