West Gosford

12.7% of West Gosford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

370 family households lived in West Gosford; 25.7% were couple families and 24.1% were one-parent families.

33.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

West Gosford had 1,602 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 22.4% of occupied private dwellings in West Gosford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 41.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 35.9% of occupied private dwellings.

23.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

22.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

54.5% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in West Gosford had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 45.0% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 9.5% had four or more usual residents.

25.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

46.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

3.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

17.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 51.1% of the total.

32.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

39.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 60.4% reported a different address.

23.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

78.7% of residents used only English at home.

14.9% used a language other than English at home.

2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

23.8% of West Gosford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.2% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in West Gosford.

Australian ancestry made up 33.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

23.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.9%.

Median household income was $1,169 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 $380 per week.

Working from home was 25.7% in West Gosford, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 23.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 54.5% in West Gosford, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.