Coogee

13.4% of Coogee's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

3,701 family households lived in Coogee; 36.0% were couple families and 11.1% were one-parent families.

32.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Coogee had 14,634 residents at the 2021 Census.

46.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 10.6% of occupied private dwellings in Coogee.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 80.0% of occupied private dwellings.

23.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

20.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

55.6% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Coogee had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 28.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 40.9%, while 14.2% had four or more usual residents.

53.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

22.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

4.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

14.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 52.1% of the total.

33.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.2% reported a different address.

39.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

79.0% of residents used only English at home.

16.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

39.0% of Coogee's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.0% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.2% of ancestry responses in Coogee.

Australian ancestry made up 22.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

42.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

49.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

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

70.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 4.4% arthritis and 1.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

43.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 13.1%.

Median household income was $2,976 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,226.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $650 per week.

Working from home was 53.2% in Coogee, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 23.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 55.6% in Coogee, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.