Kiama Heights

18.6% of Kiama Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

274 family households lived in Kiama Heights; 36.5% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

30.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Kiama Heights had 878 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 92.3% of occupied private dwellings in Kiama Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.

50.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

36.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Kiama Heights had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 16.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 45.0%, while 25.2% had four or more usual residents.

28.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

56.0% 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 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 24.5% of the total.

74.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.7% reported a different address.

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

7.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.7% of Kiama Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.6% of ancestry responses in Kiama Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

29.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 16.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.5% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.6%.

Median household income was $1,758 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,340.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $540 per week.

Working from home was 28.0% in Kiama Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 50.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 12.9% in Kiama Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.