Bonnells Bay

18.6% of Bonnells Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,193 family households lived in Bonnells Bay; 36.1% were couple families and 20.1% were one-parent families.

34.9% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Bonnells Bay had 4,066 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bonnells Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

40.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Bonnells Bay had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 22.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.1%, while 22.9% had four or more usual residents.

20.9% 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.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 32.9% of the total.

64.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.7% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.0% of Bonnells Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Bonnells Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 44.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

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

52.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $1,460 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 20.9% in Bonnells Bay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 40.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 26.5% in Bonnells Bay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.