Little Bay

17.0% of Little Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,310 family households lived in Little Bay; 44.7% were couple families and 10.6% were one-parent families.

36.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Little Bay had 4,817 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 28.9% of occupied private dwellings in Little Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 55.2% of occupied private dwellings.

29.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

29.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Little Bay had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 21.1% had four or more usual residents.

40.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

36.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

7.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

50.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.8% reported a different address.

37.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

68.4% of residents used only English at home.

25.9% used a language other than English at home.

3.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

37.6% of Little Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.4% was born in Australia.

3.2% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.1% of ancestry responses in Little Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 21.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.3% of responses.

31.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 21.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.4%.

Median household income was $2,364 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $590 per week.

Working from home was 40.8% in Little Bay, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 29.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Renting accounted for 41.7% in Little Bay, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.