East Gosford

16.1% of East Gosford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,146 family households lived in East Gosford; 36.3% were couple families and 22.3% were one-parent families.

37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

East Gosford had 4,391 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 37.8% of occupied private dwellings in East Gosford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 31.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 30.3% of occupied private dwellings.

31.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

25.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in East Gosford had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 40.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.0%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

30.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

12.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 46.9% of the total.

39.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.5% reported a different address.

22.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

82.3% of residents used only English at home.

13.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

22.9% of East Gosford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.1% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in East Gosford.

Australian ancestry made up 34.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

28.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.0%.

Median household income was $1,330 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 30.6% in East Gosford, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 42.7% in East Gosford, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.