The most common industries of employment for persons aged 15 years and over usually resident in Port Kennedy were Defence 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, School Education 3.5% and Building Completion Services 2.2%.

66.6% of persons usually resident in Port Kennedy stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses within Port Kennedy were: England 14.3%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 1.8%, South Africa 1.2% and Netherlands 0.5%.

There were 3,357 families in Port Kennedy: 56.5% were couple families with children, 29.5% were couple families without children, 13.5% were one parent families and 0.6% were other families.

* statistcs taken from the 2006 Census for postal area 6172 conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics