Mount Kembla

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 921 people were counted in Mount Kembla: of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla there were 235 children aged 0-14 years and 157 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, 875 people were Australian citizens, 139 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, 60.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.3% were separated or divorced, 3.6% were widowed and 27.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, 82.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mount Kembla were England 5.4%, Scotland 1.7%, Germany 1.4%, Italy 1.1% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Mount Kembla on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 29.4%, Catholic 26.6%, No Religion 17.4%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.0%, German 1.1%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.5%, Portuguese 0.4% and Netherlandic 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 479 people aged 15 years and over in Mount Kembla were in the labour force. Of these 59.9% worked full-time, 34.4% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.5% were unemployed. 206 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.4%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Managers and Administrators 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mount Kembla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 10.2%, Metal Product Manufacturing 6.0%, Business Services 5.7%, Health Services 5.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, 263 families were counted: of these, 32.7% were couple families without children, 58.6% were couple families with children, 7.6% 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 Mount Kembla, 317 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mount Kembla, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, 52.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 31.5% were being purchased and 13.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 68.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Kembla, 81.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.