Canton Beach

11.7% of Canton Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

268 family households lived in Canton Beach; 28.0% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Canton Beach had 1,202 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

58.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 73.0% of occupied private dwellings in Canton Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

55.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

11.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Canton Beach had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 54.2% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 29.4%, while 10.0% had four or more usual residents.

14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

55.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

13.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 60.7% of the total.

23.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.4% reported a different address.

13.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.1% of Canton Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.9% 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 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.3% of ancestry responses in Canton Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 6.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 32.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

14.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

37.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.1% reported asthma, 24.0% arthritis and 9.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.1%.

Median household income was $710 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,781.

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

Working from home was 14.4% in Canton Beach, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 55.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 33.2% in Canton Beach, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.