West Ballina

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

914 family households lived in West Ballina; 24.0% were couple families and 20.2% were one-parent families.

26.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

West Ballina had 3,230 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 68.2% of occupied private dwellings in West Ballina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

49.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

21.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in West Ballina had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 32.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 42.1%, while 13.7% had four or more usual residents.

10.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

62.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 46.4% of the total.

48.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.2% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of West Ballina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% 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 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.4% of ancestry responses in West Ballina.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

21.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

47.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.6% reported asthma, 14.8% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,015 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,863.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 10.2% in West Ballina, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 49.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.8% in West Ballina, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.