Mona Vale

16.5% of Mona Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,034 family households lived in Mona Vale; 44.8% were couple families and 12.3% were one-parent families.

33.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Mona Vale had 10,877 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 53.6% of occupied private dwellings in Mona Vale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 29.2% of occupied private dwellings.

46.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Mona Vale had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 23.6% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Two-person households represented 35.2%, while 26.8% had four or more usual residents.

37.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

38.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

4.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 33.9% of the total.

61.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.9% reported a different address.

24.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

10.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

24.4% of Mona Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.0% of ancestry responses in Mona Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 33.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

26.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 19.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

61.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.2%.

Median household income was $2,296 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,033.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $650 per week.

Working from home was 37.8% in Mona Vale, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 46.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 22.6% in Mona Vale, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.