Tea Gardens

5.9% of Tea Gardens's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

1,104 family households lived in Tea Gardens; 12.4% were couple families and 7.2% were one-parent families.

9.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Tea Gardens had 3,288 residents at the 2021 Census.

7.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

76.8% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 91.3% of occupied private dwellings in Tea Gardens.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

66.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

17.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Tea Gardens had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 27.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 60.3%, while 5.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

55.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 44.6% of the total.

51.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.8% reported a different address.

16.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

90.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.5% of Tea Gardens's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.0% of ancestry responses in Tea Gardens.

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 4.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 25.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

10.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

38.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 26.2% arthritis and 9.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.4%.

Median household income was $991 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,420.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $365 per week.

Working from home was 16.6% in Tea Gardens, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 66.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 15.5% in Tea Gardens, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.