Cronulla

11.9% of Cronulla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

4,926 family households lived in Cronulla; 32.8% were couple families and 13.3% were one-parent families.

26.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Cronulla had 17,899 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 20.4% of occupied private dwellings in Cronulla.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 72.5% of occupied private dwellings.

34.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

24.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Cronulla had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 40.3%, while 12.5% had four or more usual residents.

37.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

39.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 45.4% of the total.

46.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.5% reported a different address.

17.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.0% of Cronulla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.5% of ancestry responses in Cronulla.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

27.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

37.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

63.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.8%.

Median household income was $2,058 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,404.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 37.2% in Cronulla, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 34.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 41.9% in Cronulla, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.