Kirkham Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Kirkham (2570) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 49 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Kirkham is in the federal electorate of Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Kirkham was 694 and is comprised of approximately 49.9% females and 50.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kirkham is 35 years of age.

83.8% of people living in the suburb of Kirkham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.5% England, 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% Italy, 0.9% China , 0.9% Ireland, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Croatia, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Korea, Republic of , 0.6% Malta, 0.6% Romania, 0.6% United States of America, 0.4% Germany.

90.2% of people living in Kirkham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.3% Italian, 1.2% Croatian, 1.0% Spanish, 0.7% Mandarin, 0.7% Greek, 0.6% Other, 0.4% Maltese, 0.4% German.

The religious makeup of Kirkham is 42.1% Catholic, 31.9% Anglican, 7.6% No religion, 4.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Uniting Church, 1.7% Eastern Orthodox, 1.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.3% Pentecostal, 0.9% Lutheran.

62.9% of people are married, 31.0% have never married and 2.7% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 8 widowed people living in Kirkham.

60.4% of the people living in Kirkham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.8% are working on a part time basis. Kirkham has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Kirkham are 22.1% Managers, 20.3% Professionals, 18.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Technicians & trades workers, 8.9% Sales workers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 6.0% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Kirkham work in are 13.9% Retail trade, 13.4% Manufacturing, 11.3% Education and training, 8.2% Construction, 7.9% Health care and social assistance, 6.8% Accommodation and food services, 6.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.5% Public administration and safety.

37.5% of homes are fully owned, and 58.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 4.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $841 per week and the median household income is $2703 per week.

The median rent in Kirkham is $700 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $3100 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kirkham postcode 2570