Budgewoi

16.3% of Budgewoi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

927 family households lived in Budgewoi; 31.8% were couple families and 25.4% were one-parent families.

33.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Budgewoi had 3,497 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 88.2% of occupied private dwellings in Budgewoi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

37.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

32.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Budgewoi had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

19.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

54.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 41.0% of the total.

52.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

10.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

89.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.6% of Budgewoi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.5% of ancestry responses in Budgewoi.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 8.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

23.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

50.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.8%.

Median household income was $1,289 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,717.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 19.3% in Budgewoi, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 30.2% in Budgewoi, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.