West Wollongong

18.3% of West Wollongong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1,296 family households lived in West Wollongong; 46.7% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

40.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

West Wollongong had 5,223 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 63.1% of occupied private dwellings in West Wollongong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 19.3% of occupied private dwellings.

31.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

31.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in West Wollongong had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.4% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Two-person households represented 29.8%, while 25.3% had four or more usual residents.

27.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

46.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

9.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.6% of the total.

54.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

24.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

73.5% of residents used only English at home.

21.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

24.3% of West Wollongong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.7% was born in Australia.

1.3% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.5% of ancestry responses in West Wollongong.

Australian ancestry made up 30.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

27.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 14.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

61.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.9%.

Median household income was $1,672 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,123.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 27.7% in West Wollongong, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 31.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 37.0% in West Wollongong, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.