Bendemeer

15.2% of Bendemeer's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

134 family households lived in Bendemeer; 29.1% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Bendemeer had 486 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 97.9% of occupied private dwellings in Bendemeer.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

53.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

29.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Bendemeer had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.3%, while 18.1% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

56.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.8% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 27.8% of the total.

72.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.6% reported a different address.

8.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

0.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.0% of Bendemeer's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Bendemeer.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

10.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 21.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.0% worked part time.

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

53.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,021 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Bendemeer, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 53.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 16.3% in Bendemeer, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.