Mystery Bay

8.5% of Mystery Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

63 family households lived in Mystery Bay; 15.9% were couple families and 9.5% were one-parent families.

19.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Mystery Bay had 199 residents at the 2021 Census.

7.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

65.8% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Mystery Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

71.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

20.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Mystery Bay had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 30.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 55.1%, while 4.5% had four or more usual residents.

13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

60.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 41.4% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.6% reported a different address.

13.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

92.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.6% of Mystery Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Mystery Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 33.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

24.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 32.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

10.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

41.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 25.1% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.6%.

Median household income was $1,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,224.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 13.2% in Mystery Bay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 71.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 7.6% in Mystery Bay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.