Lake Cathie

16.3% of Lake Cathie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,325 family households lived in Lake Cathie; 31.5% were couple families and 13.0% were one-parent families.

28.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Lake Cathie had 4,296 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Cathie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

54.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Lake Cathie had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 45.2%, while 20.1% had four or more usual residents.

12.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

66.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

60.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.2% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

94.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.7% of Lake Cathie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.9% of ancestry responses in Lake Cathie.

Australian ancestry made up 45.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

21.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 15.6% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $1,275 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,850.

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

Working from home was 12.9% in Lake Cathie, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 54.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 17.7% in Lake Cathie, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.