Lismore

14.8% of Lismore's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

120 family households lived in Lismore; 32.5% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

26.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Lismore had 472 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.1% of occupied private dwellings in Lismore.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

33.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Lismore had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 42.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 13.3% had four or more usual residents.

18.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

55.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.5% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 36.6% of the total.

57.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.5% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.1% of Lismore's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% 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 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Lismore.

Australian ancestry made up 45.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 23.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.0% of workers, and education and training employed 4.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.5%.

Median household income was $883 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $672.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $140 per week.

Working from home was 18.0% in Lismore, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Lismore, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..