Wermatong

15.7% of Wermatong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

12 family households lived in Wermatong; 25.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Wermatong had 51 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 54.5% of occupied private dwellings in Wermatong.

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

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

40.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

40.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Wermatong had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 18.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 25.0%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

47.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

61.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 50.0% of the total.

121.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.5% reported a different address.

7.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

76.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.8% of Wermatong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.2% 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 78.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Wermatong.

Australian ancestry made up 45.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 57.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 28.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

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

43.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 15.7% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 21.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 9.4%.

Median household income was $1,749 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,362.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 47.6% in Wermatong, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 40.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Wermatong, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.