Jervis Bay

19.4% of Jervis Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Other Territories average.

76 family households lived in Jervis Bay; 23.7% were couple families and 32.9% were one-parent families.

32.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Other Territories average.

Jervis Bay had 310 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Other Territories average.

Separate houses made up 98.9% of occupied private dwellings in Jervis Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

0.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Other Territories rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

100.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Other Territories rate.

The average household in Jervis Bay had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 22.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Other Territories average.

Two-person households represented 30.3%, while 37.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Other Territories.

41.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Other Territories average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 30.1% walked or cycled.

9.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Other Territories rate.

One-car households formed 29.6% of the total.

60.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

4.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Other Territories rate.

64.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.8% of Jervis Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.2% 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 68.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 11.3% of ancestry responses in Jervis Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 19.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

22.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Other Territories average.

Managers accounted for 30.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.6%, compared with 58.1% across Other Territories.

24.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 2.3% across Other Territories.

40.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.4% reported asthma, 6.5% arthritis and 10.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Other Territories.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 5.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.9%.

Median household income was $1,825 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,849.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $90 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Jervis Bay, compared with 5.4% across Other Territories.

Outright ownership was 0.0% locally and 36.0% across Other Territories. That is about half the Other Territories rate.

Renting accounted for 100.0% in Jervis Bay, against 43.7% across Other Territories.