Wamberal

20.6% of Wamberal's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,946 family households lived in Wamberal; 50.7% were couple families and 12.3% were one-parent families.

39.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Wamberal had 6,991 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 87.1% of occupied private dwellings in Wamberal.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.8% of occupied private dwellings.

37.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

44.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Wamberal had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 34.9% had four or more usual residents.

32.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 26.0% of the total.

72.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

15.4% of Wamberal's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.9% of ancestry responses in Wamberal.

Australian ancestry made up 42.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

27.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

63.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 2.8% 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 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.5%.

Median household income was $2,407 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 32.1% in Wamberal, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 17.6% in Wamberal, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.