Nelson Bay

13.3% of Nelson Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,721 family households lived in Nelson Bay; 28.4% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

27.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Nelson Bay had 6,141 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 59.2% of occupied private dwellings in Nelson Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 19.3% of occupied private dwellings.

43.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

24.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Nelson Bay had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.6%, while 15.7% had four or more usual residents.

17.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

51.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

5.1% 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.

52.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.6% reported a different address.

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.7% of Nelson Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Nelson Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

16.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

23.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.1%.

Median household income was $1,305 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,842.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 17.0% in Nelson Bay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 43.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.5% in Nelson Bay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.