Woonona

18.6% of Woonona's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

3,341 family households lived in Woonona; 46.6% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

38.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Woonona had 12,374 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 63.2% of occupied private dwellings in Woonona.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 19.2% of occupied private dwellings.

38.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

36.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Woonona 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 31.5%, while 26.4% had four or more usual residents.

31.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

45.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

7.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.

56.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.3% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.7% of Woonona's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Woonona.

Australian ancestry made up 41.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

28.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 13.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.2%.

Median household income was $1,816 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $395 per week.

Working from home was 31.7% in Woonona, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 25.3% in Woonona, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.