Bega

19.0% of Bega's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,311 family households lived in Bega; 33.9% were couple families and 22.7% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Bega had 5,013 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bega.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

38.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

28.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Bega had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 18.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

63.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.9% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 39.5% of the total.

51.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.8% of Bega's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Bega.

Australian ancestry made up 43.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

17.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.

Median household income was $1,196 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 7.5% in Bega, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 33.8% in Bega, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.