Rose Bay

16.4% of Rose Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,654 family households lived in Rose Bay; 41.0% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

35.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Rose Bay had 9,911 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 20.6% of occupied private dwellings in Rose Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 68.8% of occupied private dwellings.

31.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

24.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.1% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Rose Bay had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.

51.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

25.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

12.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 46.8% of the total.

41.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.4% reported a different address.

40.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

74.5% of residents used only English at home.

19.7% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

40.2% of Rose Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 59.8% was born in Australia.

2.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.3% of ancestry responses in Rose Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 20.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.5% of responses.

37.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 24.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

37.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

66.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.3% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

42.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.0%.

Median household income was $2,539 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $630 per week.

Working from home was 51.7% in Rose Bay, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 44.1% in Rose Bay, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.