Bellambi

18.1% of Bellambi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1,047 family households lived in Bellambi; 33.4% were couple families and 32.3% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Bellambi had 4,039 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% 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 51.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bellambi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 38.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.8% of occupied private dwellings.

20.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

25.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

54.6% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Bellambi had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

22.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

49.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

14.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 42.7% of the total.

42.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.6% reported a different address.

18.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

10.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.4% of Bellambi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.6% of ancestry responses in Bellambi.

Australian ancestry made up 36.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

24.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 6.2% 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 5.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.2%.

Median household income was $1,183 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $252 per week.

Working from home was 22.0% in Bellambi, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 20.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 54.6% in Bellambi, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.