Belmont

14.5% of Belmont's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

2,031 family households lived in Belmont; 32.9% were couple families and 19.4% were one-parent families.

29.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Belmont had 7,289 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 69.7% of occupied private dwellings in Belmont.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.8% of occupied private dwellings.

41.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

26.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Belmont had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.3%, while 17.3% had four or more usual residents.

18.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

54.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

10.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.2% reported a different address.

10.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.2% of Belmont's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Belmont.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

19.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 14.4% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.8%.

Median household income was $1,280 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 $340 per week.

Working from home was 18.9% in Belmont, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 41.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.6% in Belmont, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.