Kingston

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 124,798 people were counted in Kingston: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston there were 28,117 children aged 0-14 years and 22,961 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, 111,848 people were Australian citizens, 28,106 were born overseas and 387 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, 52.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.9% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 29.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, 73.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kingston were England 11.7%, Scotland 1.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Kingston on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.7%, Anglican 17.8%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Lutheran 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Polish 0.8%, German 0.7%, Italian 0.5%, Greek 0.5% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 59,754 people aged 15 years and over in Kingston were in the labour force. Of these 56.6% worked full-time, 32.5% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.6% were unemployed. 34,582 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Professionals 6.3%, Associate Professionals 6.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 2.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kingston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 5.2%, Health Services 4.4%, Business Services 4.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, 35,734 families were counted: of these, 33.8% were couple families without children, 47.0% were couple families with children, 18.2% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, 47,443 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kingston, 89.6% were separate houses, 6.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 42.4% were being purchased and 20.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 25.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 34.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kingston, 74.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.