The most common responses for occupation for employed persons usually resident in Gosford were Professionals 19.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Managers 12.0% and Sales Workers 10.9%.

There were 16,889 families in Gosford: 45.3% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children, 17.6% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

49.4% of persons aged 15 years and over usually resident in Gosford were married, 30.0% never married, 13.1% separated or divorced and 7.5% widowed.

* statistcs taken from the 2006 Census for postal area 2250 conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics