Terrigal

17.9% of Terrigal's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,601 family households lived in Terrigal; 43.0% were couple families and 14.4% were one-parent families.

35.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Terrigal had 12,730 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 71.0% of occupied private dwellings in Terrigal.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 21.5% of occupied private dwellings.

39.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

35.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.5% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Terrigal had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 25.7% had four or more usual residents.

33.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

44.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 33.0% of the total.

63.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.7% reported a different address.

21.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

7.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

21.2% of Terrigal's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.8% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Terrigal.

Australian ancestry made up 35.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

28.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Managers accounted for 16.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

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

31.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

62.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.9%.

Median household income was $2,056 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,492.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $520 per week.

Working from home was 33.4% in Terrigal, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 39.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 24.5% in Terrigal, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.