Bella Vista

18.5% of Bella Vista's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

2,419 family households lived in Bella Vista; 61.8% were couple families and 8.3% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Bella Vista had 8,384 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 82.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bella Vista.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

37.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Bella Vista had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 6.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 24.4%, while 48.5% had four or more usual residents.

45.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

36.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 20.6% of the total.

78.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.6% reported a different address.

49.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

43.7% of residents used only English at home.

54.1% used a language other than English at home.

12.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.3% spoke Cantonese and 5.1% spoke Hindi.

49.7% of Bella Vista's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 50.3% was born in Australia.

8.7% of residents were born in China.

10.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.2% of ancestry responses in Bella Vista.

Australian ancestry made up 13.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 20.1% of responses.

37.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

39.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

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

71.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 4.7% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.0%.

Median household income was $3,518 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $740 per week.

Working from home was 45.0% in Bella Vista, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 12.9% in Bella Vista, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.