Sawtell real estate

Sawtell had 14% of its private dwellings unoccupied on Census night, above the 9% across New South Wales. Among the homes that were occupied, separate houses made up 69%, above the state's 66%. Flats or apartments came to 17%, below the 22% statewide, while townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses were 12%, the same as the state. Three bedrooms is the count in 39% of homes in Sawtell, above the 35% across New South Wales. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 30%, below the state's 34%. Two bedrooms or fewer accounts for 30%, the same as across New South Wales.

In Sawtell, 42% of households own their home outright, above the 32% across New South Wales. Paying off a mortgage is the position of 23% of households, below the state's 33%. Renters make up 32% of households, below the 33% statewide, and of those renting households, 58% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the state's 69%.

Median household income in Sawtell was $1,405 a week, below $1,829 across New South Wales. The median rent was $380 a week, below the state's $420. Worked out on this page from those two medians, the median rent equals 27% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, above the 23% across New South Wales. The median mortgage repayment was $1,733 a month, below the state's $2,167.

The median age in Sawtell was 47 years at the 2021 Census, above the New South Wales median of 39. The suburb of Sawtell was home to 3,788 people, and households averaged 2.3 people, below the 2.6 across New South Wales. At the 2021 Census, 55% of people aged five and over in Sawtell lived at the same address five years earlier, above the 54% across New South Wales.