Kanahooka

16.0% of Kanahooka's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,635 family households lived in Kanahooka; 39.3% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Kanahooka had 5,698 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 84.2% of occupied private dwellings in Kanahooka.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

52.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

35.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Kanahooka had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.8%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

19.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

58.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

5.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

59.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.8% reported a different address.

19.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

19.3% of Kanahooka's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.3%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 38.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.1%.

Median household income was $1,399 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 19.2% in Kanahooka, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 52.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 12.6% in Kanahooka, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.