Kelso

22.4% of Kelso's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

2,740 family households lived in Kelso; 41.7% were couple families and 20.6% were one-parent families.

42.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Kelso had 10,039 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 92.5% of occupied private dwellings in Kelso.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

32.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

39.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.4% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

The average household in Kelso had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 28.6% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

68.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 29.7% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.8% reported a different address.

8.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

89.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.7% of Kelso's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Kelso.

Australian ancestry made up 44.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.9% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.3%.

Median household income was $1,737 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 10.0% in Kelso, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 28.4% in Kelso, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.