Kenthurst

18.1% of Kenthurst's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,490 family households lived in Kenthurst; 54.6% were couple families and 8.7% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Kenthurst had 5,313 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 95.5% of occupied private dwellings in Kenthurst.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

49.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

40.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Kenthurst had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 11.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 43.7% had four or more usual residents.

36.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

41.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 11.5% of the total.

87.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.0% reported a different address.

19.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

82.2% of residents used only English at home.

15.2% used a language other than English at home.

2.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

19.9% of Kenthurst's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.1% was born in Australia.

1.9% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.8% of ancestry responses in Kenthurst.

Australian ancestry made up 33.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.2% of responses.

21.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 21.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

32.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.8%.

Median household income was $3,061 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,280.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 36.1% in Kenthurst, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 49.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 10.0% in Kenthurst, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.