Kooringal

21.2% of Kooringal's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,966 family households lived in Kooringal; 36.7% were couple families and 22.7% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Kooringal had 7,404 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 81.0% of occupied private dwellings in Kooringal.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 18.4% of occupied private dwellings.

30.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

32.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Kooringal had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 20.2% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

71.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 40.8% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.0% reported a different address.

11.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.9% of Kooringal's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.1% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.7% of ancestry responses in Kooringal.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.2% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.9%.

Median household income was $1,404 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,324.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 6.5% in Kooringal, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 30.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 37.0% in Kooringal, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.