Neutral Bay

13.3% of Neutral Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

2,583 family households lived in Neutral Bay; 33.3% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

32.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Neutral Bay had 10,090 residents at the 2021 Census.

40.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.1% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 8.2% of occupied private dwellings in Neutral Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 80.1% of occupied private dwellings.

24.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

21.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

53.4% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Neutral Bay had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 39.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 36.6%, while 10.9% had four or more usual residents.

58.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

18.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

4.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

17.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 57.4% of the total.

25.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.2% reported a different address.

37.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

74.6% of residents used only English at home.

21.1% used a language other than English at home.

3.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

37.6% of Neutral Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.4% was born in Australia.

2.6% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.1% of ancestry responses in Neutral Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 24.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 8.4% of responses.

42.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 22.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

48.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 2.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

44.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 10.0%.

Median household income was $2,443 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,895.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 58.7% in Neutral Bay, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 24.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 53.4% in Neutral Bay, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.