Wallsend

15.6% of Wallsend's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

3,397 family households lived in Wallsend; 37.2% were couple families and 21.0% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Wallsend had 13,244 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 77.7% of occupied private dwellings in Wallsend.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

30.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

31.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Wallsend had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 18.4% had four or more usual residents.

17.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

56.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 39.5% of the total.

51.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

83.1% of residents used only English at home.

12.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

15.0% of Wallsend's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.0% of ancestry responses in Wallsend.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

22.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.

Median household income was $1,401 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $375 per week.

Working from home was 17.6% in Wallsend, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 30.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 38.2% in Wallsend, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.