Ettalong Beach

12.9% of Ettalong Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

1,385 family households lived in Ettalong Beach; 25.1% were couple families and 21.8% were one-parent families.

27.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Ettalong Beach had 5,161 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 51.6% of occupied private dwellings in Ettalong Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 35.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.7% of occupied private dwellings.

44.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

16.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.7% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Ettalong Beach had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 41.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 37.7%, while 10.2% had four or more usual residents.

30.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

42.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

12.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 53.6% of the total.

33.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.3% reported a different address.

18.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

85.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

18.9% of Ettalong Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Ettalong Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 36.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

19.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

21.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.8%.

Median household income was $1,077 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 30.3% in Ettalong Beach, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 44.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 38.7% in Ettalong Beach, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.