Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW)

17.4% of Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

94 family households lived in Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW); 41.5% were couple families and 20.2% were one-parent families.

28.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW) had 357 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

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

29.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

58.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW) had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 3.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 45.6%, while 30.1% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

63.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 11.9% of the total.

80.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.4% reported a different address.

5.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

85.7% 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.

5.3% of Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.7% 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 84.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW).

Australian ancestry made up 42.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 18.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.0%.

Median household income was $1,833 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,916.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW), compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 29.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 13.0% in Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW), against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.