Malua Bay

15.5% of Malua Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

630 family households lived in Malua Bay; 28.7% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

26.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Malua Bay had 2,071 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 97.0% of occupied private dwellings in Malua Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

53.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

28.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Malua Bay had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 23.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 47.3%, while 18.7% had four or more usual residents.

12.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

66.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 32.3% of the total.

64.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.0% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.0% of Malua Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.5% of ancestry responses in Malua Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

20.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

22.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 14.0% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.5%.

Median household income was $1,423 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 $418 per week.

Working from home was 12.7% in Malua Bay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 53.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Malua Bay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.