Kearns

20.7% of Kearns's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

758 family households lived in Kearns; 54.4% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

38.9% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Kearns had 2,693 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 96.4% of occupied private dwellings in Kearns.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

27.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

57.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Kearns had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 13.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.5%, while 38.0% had four or more usual residents.

24.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

49.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 24.9% of the total.

73.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.5% reported a different address.

24.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

73.6% of residents used only English at home.

23.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.6% spoke Hindi.

24.2% of Kearns's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.8% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.6% of ancestry responses in Kearns.

Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

16.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

36.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

63.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.3%.

Median household income was $2,147 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,037.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 24.5% in Kearns, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 27.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 15.0% in Kearns, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.