West Haven

10.9% of West Haven's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

315 family households lived in West Haven; 22.9% were couple families and 8.6% were one-parent families.

19.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

West Haven had 1,139 residents at the 2021 Census.

9.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

68.4% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 70.3% of occupied private dwellings in West Haven.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 29.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

62.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

25.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in West Haven had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 37.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 45.6%, while 11.1% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

74.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 45.2% of the total.

50.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.3% reported a different address.

15.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

95.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

15.3% of West Haven's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.2% of ancestry responses in West Haven.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 30.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

15.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

42.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 23.8% arthritis and 8.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.4%.

Median household income was $940 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in West Haven, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 62.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 12.2% in West Haven, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.