South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW)

14.8% of South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

82 family households lived in South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW); 29.3% were couple families and 20.7% were one-parent families.

28.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW) had 311 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 100.9% of occupied private dwellings in South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW).

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

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

50.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

18.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW) had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 42.2%, while 20.2% had four or more usual residents.

19.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

48.3% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

9.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 29.1% of the total.

60.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.4% reported a different address.

2.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

83.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

2.9% of South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 97.1% 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 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.5% of ancestry responses in South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW).

Australian ancestry made up 31.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 24.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 39.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

17.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 14.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.1%.

Median household income was $900 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $921.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $178 per week.

Working from home was 19.1% in South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW), compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 50.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 30.7% in South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW), against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.