Blueys Beach

8.7% of Blueys Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

65 family households lived in Blueys Beach; 26.2% were couple families and 7.7% were one-parent families.

10.8% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Blueys Beach had 242 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

69.8% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 91.4% of occupied private dwellings in Blueys Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

66.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

18.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Blueys Beach had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 35.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 43.3%, while 14.4% had four or more usual residents.

24.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

50.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 46.7% of the total.

43.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.4% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.9% of Blueys Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% 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 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Blueys Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 47.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 27.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

18.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.7% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.9%.

Median household income was $1,275 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $255 per week.

Working from home was 24.5% in Blueys Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 66.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 15.3% in Blueys Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.