Kembla Grange

27.0% of Kembla Grange's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

412 family households lived in Kembla Grange; 56.3% were couple families and 10.4% were one-parent families.

51.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Kembla Grange had 1,452 residents at the 2021 Census.

39.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 81.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kembla Grange.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

12.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

65.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Kembla Grange had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 12.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 30.3%, while 38.5% had four or more usual residents.

22.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

57.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 19.7% of the total.

79.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

19.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 80.8% reported a different address.

14.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

13.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.5% of Kembla Grange's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.5% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.1% of ancestry responses in Kembla Grange.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

22.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

44.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

67.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.7%.

Median household income was $2,574 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,338.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $570 per week.

Working from home was 22.8% in Kembla Grange, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 12.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Kembla Grange, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.