Kiama Downs

19.0% of Kiama Downs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,496 family households lived in Kiama Downs; 45.1% were couple families and 11.3% were one-parent families.

33.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Kiama Downs had 5,087 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 92.7% of occupied private dwellings in Kiama Downs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

47.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

39.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Kiama Downs had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.1%, while 31.1% had four or more usual residents.

27.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

51.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% 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 24.7% of the total.

73.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.6% reported a different address.

12.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

92.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.8% of Kiama Downs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.4% of ancestry responses in Kiama Downs.

Australian ancestry made up 41.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

26.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 13.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

31.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.6%.

Median household income was $2,103 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 27.1% in Kiama Downs, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 47.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 13.6% in Kiama Downs, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.