Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW)

8.7% of Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

87 family households lived in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW); 36.8% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

14.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) had 310 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.5% of occupied private dwellings in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW).

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

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

44.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

39.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 14.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 44.5%, while 17.3% had four or more usual residents.

23.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

51.6% 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 22.0% of the total.

69.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.4% reported a different address.

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

86.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% 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 Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW)'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 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW).

Australian ancestry made up 42.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 18.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.6%.

Median household income was $1,156 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 23.4% in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 44.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 15.5% in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.