Wollongong

8.7% of Wollongong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

4,903 family households lived in Wollongong; 24.8% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

22.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Wollongong had 20,446 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 13.8% of occupied private dwellings in Wollongong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 77.3% of occupied private dwellings.

25.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

18.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

56.6% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Wollongong had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 37.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.5%, while 9.5% had four or more usual residents.

28.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

38.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

3.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.0% walked or cycled.

14.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 50.5% of the total.

34.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

36.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 63.2% reported a different address.

32.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

67.2% of residents used only English at home.

27.1% used a language other than English at home.

3.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

32.0% of Wollongong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.0% was born in Australia.

3.0% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.5% of ancestry responses in Wollongong.

Australian ancestry made up 25.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.3% of responses.

31.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.9% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.4%.

Median household income was $1,549 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 28.7% in Wollongong, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 25.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 56.6% in Wollongong, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.