Unoccupied dwellings and separate houses
In Sussex Inlet, 33% of private dwellings were unoccupied on Census night, above 9% across New South Wales. Of the homes that were occupied, 83% were separate houses, above the 66% statewide, 8% were townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses, below the 12% statewide, and 1% were flats or apartments, below the state's 22%. Three bedrooms is the count in 40% of homes in Sussex Inlet, above 35% across New South Wales. Two bedrooms or fewer accounts for 31%, above the state's 30%, while four or more bedrooms accounts for 25%, below 34% statewide.
Homes owned without a mortgage
In Sussex Inlet, 57% of households own their home outright, above the New South Wales share of 32%. Paying off a mortgage describes 17% of households, below 33% statewide, and renting 19%, below the state's 33%. Among renting households, 64% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below 69% across New South Wales.
Median household income in Sussex Inlet was $847 a week, below $1,829 across the state. The median rent was $310 a week, below the state's $420. Worked out on this page from those two medians, the median rent equals 37% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, above 23% across New South Wales. For households with a mortgage, the median repayment in Sussex Inlet was $1,445 a month, below the New South Wales median of $2,167 a month.
Age, household size and the 2016 address
The median age in Sussex Inlet was 62 years at the 2021 Census, above the New South Wales median of 39. The town of Sussex Inlet was home to 3,659 people, and its households averaged 2 people, below 2.6 across New South Wales. Of people aged five and over in Sussex Inlet, 57% lived at the same address five years earlier, a single 2021 question about where they lived in 2016. That share is above the 54% across New South Wales.