Mittagong

14.8% of Mittagong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,628 family households lived in Mittagong; 34.6% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

30.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Mittagong had 6,090 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 83.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mittagong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

44.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

27.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Mittagong had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 17.6% had four or more usual residents.

23.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

53.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 42.1% of the total.

52.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.1% reported a different address.

21.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

84.5% of residents used only English at home.

10.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

21.4% of Mittagong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Mittagong.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

23.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.1%.

Median household income was $1,425 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,037.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 23.8% in Mittagong, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 44.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.8% in Mittagong, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.