Bateau Bay

19.2% of Bateau Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,397 family households lived in Bateau Bay; 41.5% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

37.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Bateau Bay had 12,516 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 79.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bateau Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.3% of occupied private dwellings.

37.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

37.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Bateau Bay had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 24.7% had four or more usual residents.

24.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

52.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 34.1% of the total.

58.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.7% of Bateau Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Bateau Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

20.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

26.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,475 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,058.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 24.1% in Bateau Bay, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 25.2% in Bateau Bay, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.