Kenmore Hills

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,498 people were counted in Kenmore Hills: of these 45.4% were male and 54.6% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills there were 537 children aged 0-14 years and 592 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, 2,096 people were Australian citizens, 768 were born overseas and 42 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, 58.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 4.6% were separated or divorced, 8.6% were widowed and 26.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, 64.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kenmore Hills were England 6.8%, South Africa 4.8%, New Zealand 3.3%, United States of America 1.6% and Malaysia 1.5%.

Of all people counted in Kenmore Hills on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 22.8%, No Religion 14.0%, Uniting Church 11.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 1.3%, Mandarin 1.2%, Korean 1.1%, Afrikaans 0.9% and Japanese 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,212 people aged 15 years and over in Kenmore Hills were in the labour force. Of these 56.4% worked full-time, 36.1% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.8% were unemployed. 686 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 21.7%, Managers and Administrators 9.0%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.7% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kenmore Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 11.7%, Education 7.4%, Health Services 4.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0% and Food Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, 661 families were counted: of these, 28.9% were couple families without children, 60.5% were couple families with children, 9.8% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, 790 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kenmore Hills, 88.1% were separate houses, 10.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, 49.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.1% were being purchased and 18.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 26.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 72.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kenmore Hills, 82.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.