Yamba

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

1,839 family households lived in Yamba; 25.1% were couple families and 14.6% were one-parent families.

23.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Yamba had 6,405 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 75.3% of occupied private dwellings in Yamba.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

53.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

18.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.2% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

The average household in Yamba had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 31.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 45.6%, while 12.5% had four or more usual residents.

13.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

59.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.2% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 48.3% of the total.

46.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.9% reported a different address.

12.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.3% of Yamba's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Yamba.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

20.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

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

49.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 16.9% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.0%.

Median household income was $1,106 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,630.

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

Working from home was 13.3% in Yamba, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 53.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.2% in Yamba, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.