Bilgola Plateau

20.0% of Bilgola Plateau's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,098 family households lived in Bilgola Plateau; 49.4% were couple families and 9.9% were one-parent families.

36.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Bilgola Plateau had 3,650 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

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

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

42.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

47.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Bilgola Plateau had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 12.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 35.9% had four or more usual residents.

46.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

34.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 21.5% of the total.

77.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.0% reported a different address.

27.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

27.3% of Bilgola Plateau's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.7% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.9% of ancestry responses in Bilgola Plateau.

Australian ancestry made up 32.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

32.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 22.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

65.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.0%.

Median household income was $2,856 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,315.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $895 per week.

Working from home was 46.1% in Bilgola Plateau, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 42.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 10.0% in Bilgola Plateau, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.