Gravesend

21.7% of Gravesend's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

82 family households lived in Gravesend; 43.9% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

43.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Gravesend had 299 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.8% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in Gravesend.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

32.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Gravesend had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 23.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.0%, while 29.4% had four or more usual residents.

21.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

54.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 22.6% of the total.

78.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.9% reported a different address.

2.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

97.3% 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 0.0% spoke Hindi.

2.0% of Gravesend's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 98.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 95.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Gravesend.

Australian ancestry made up 56.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 37.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

49.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.5%.

Median household income was $1,406 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $815.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 21.3% in Gravesend, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 47.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 19.8% in Gravesend, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.