Bar Beach

12.4% of Bar Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

304 family households lived in Bar Beach; 41.1% were couple families and 9.2% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Bar Beach had 1,292 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 40.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bar Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 38.5% of occupied private dwellings.

33.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

24.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Bar Beach had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 19.3% had four or more usual residents.

27.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

49.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.5% walked or cycled.

10.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 32.0% of the total.

57.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.6% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

88.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.2% of Bar Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.5% of ancestry responses in Bar Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 35.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

40.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 15.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 24.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.5% worked part time.

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

62.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.9%.

Median household income was $2,300 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $393 per week.

Working from home was 27.2% in Bar Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 33.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 42.2% in Bar Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.