Mount Warrigal

18.5% of Mount Warrigal's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,433 family households lived in Mount Warrigal; 35.9% were couple families and 22.7% were one-parent families.

31.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Mount Warrigal had 4,880 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.9% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Warrigal.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

43.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

30.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Mount Warrigal had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.8%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

59.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 33.0% of the total.

62.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.8% reported a different address.

18.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

82.8% of residents used only English at home.

11.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.0% of Mount Warrigal's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.4% of ancestry responses in Mount Warrigal.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.2%.

Median household income was $1,365 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $405 per week.

Working from home was 15.4% in Mount Warrigal, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 43.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 26.4% in Mount Warrigal, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.