Killarney Vale

20.5% of Killarney Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,034 family households lived in Killarney Vale; 39.6% were couple families and 24.1% were one-parent families.

40.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Killarney Vale had 7,491 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 91.5% of occupied private dwellings in Killarney Vale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

40.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Killarney Vale had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 23.4% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 25.1% had four or more usual residents.

19.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

56.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 35.3% of the total.

59.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.5% reported a different address.

9.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.9% of Killarney Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Killarney Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

27.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

53.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.6%.

Median household income was $1,524 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 19.4% in Killarney Vale, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 27.2% in Killarney Vale, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.