Avoca Beach

20.6% of Avoca Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,301 family households lived in Avoca Beach; 48.6% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

40.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Avoca Beach had 4,708 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 86.5% of occupied private dwellings in Avoca Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

38.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

44.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Avoca Beach had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 34.1% had four or more usual residents.

35.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

41.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 24.9% of the total.

73.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.5% reported a different address.

19.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

92.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.5% of Avoca Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.6% of ancestry responses in Avoca Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 37.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

32.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

65.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.8%.

Median household income was $2,358 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,508.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $530 per week.

Working from home was 35.2% in Avoca Beach, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 38.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 17.1% in Avoca Beach, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.