Kingsgrove Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Kingsgrove (2208) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 13 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Kingsgrove is in the federal electorates of Banks, Barton, Watson.

In the 2011 census the population of Kingsgrove was 11,516 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kingsgrove is 40 years of age.

56.0% of people living in the suburb of Kingsgrove were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.3% China , 6.0% Greece, 2.6% Italy, 2.2% Lebanon, 1.9% Hong Kong , 1.6% New Zealand, 1.5% Vietnam, 1.3% Indonesia, 1.0% Egypt, 1.0% Cyprus, 0.9% England, 0.9% Portugal, 0.8% Philippines, 0.6% Fiji.

38.9% of people living in Kingsgrove speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 18.5% Greek, 8.8% Cantonese, 6.6% Arabic, 5.1% Mandarin, 4.1% Italian, 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Other, 1.7% Vietnamese, 1.4% Indonesian.

The religious makeup of Kingsgrove is 29.0% Catholic, 24.6% Eastern Orthodox, 12.1% No religion, 8.0% Anglican, 5.6% Islam, 5.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Buddhism, 2.0% Uniting Church, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.2% Baptist.

56.2% of people are married, 29.0% have never married and 5.8% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 607 widowed people living in Kingsgrove.

61.0% of the people living in Kingsgrove over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.8% are working on a part time basis. Kingsgrove has an unemployment rate of 6.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Kingsgrove are 21.4% Professionals, 19.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.5% Technicians & trades workers, 11.0% Managers, 9.6% Sales workers, 7.9% Labourers, 7.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.0% Community & personal service workers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kingsgrove work in are 9.9% Retail trade, 9.1% Health care and social assistance, 8.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.1% Manufacturing, 7.8% Construction, 6.7% Accommodation and food services, 6.7% Education and training, 6.5% Financial and insurance services.

45.6% of homes are fully owned, and 27.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $504 per week and the median household income is $1257 per week.

The median rent in Kingsgrove is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kingsgrove postcode 2208