Lake Munmorah

15.1% of Lake Munmorah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

1,477 family households lived in Lake Munmorah; 32.0% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

29.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Lake Munmorah had 5,084 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 96.4% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Munmorah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

50.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Lake Munmorah had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 39.5%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

18.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

57.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 45.2% of the total.

51.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

11.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

92.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.3% of Lake Munmorah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.6%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 43.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

14.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

23.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

46.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 17.7% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.2%.

Median household income was $1,155 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

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

Working from home was 18.6% in Lake Munmorah, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 50.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Lake Munmorah, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.