Maroubra

16.0% of Maroubra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

8,154 family households lived in Maroubra; 44.6% were couple families and 15.3% were one-parent families.

35.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Maroubra had 30,722 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 29.6% of occupied private dwellings in Maroubra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 48.6% of occupied private dwellings.

30.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

25.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.1% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Maroubra had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 23.0% had four or more usual residents.

41.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

31.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

15.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 45.5% of the total.

39.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

42.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

59.9% of residents used only English at home.

34.8% used a language other than English at home.

3.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

42.1% of Maroubra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 57.9% was born in Australia.

3.4% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.6% of ancestry responses in Maroubra.

Australian ancestry made up 19.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 12.6% of responses.

33.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

66.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.3%.

Median household income was $2,141 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 $540 per week.

Working from home was 41.9% in Maroubra, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 30.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 44.1% in Maroubra, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.