South Kingsville

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,675 people were counted in South Kingsville: of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville there were 311 children aged 0-14 years and 340 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, 1,447 people were Australian citizens, 483 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, 43.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.1% were separated or divorced, 5.7% were widowed and 38.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, 64.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within South Kingsville were Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 3.2%, Lebanon 3.0%, England 2.6%, Italy 2.4% and New Zealand 1.7%.

Of all people counted in South Kingsville on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 10.1%, Orthodox 9.4% and Islam 8.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 7.3%, Greek 3.5%, Italian 2.9%, Serbian 2.9% and Macedonian 1.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 61.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 828 people aged 15 years and over in South Kingsville were in the labour force. Of these 62.1% worked full-time, 25.1% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.7% were unemployed. 472 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Professionals 9.4%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in South Kingsville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.0%, Education 3.6%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.1%, Health Services 2.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, 422 families were counted: of these, 37.7% were couple families without children, 41.5% were couple families with children, 16.8% were one parent families and 4.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, 732 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in South Kingsville, 60.0% were separate houses, 18.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.5% were being purchased and 34.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 67.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in South Kingsville, 56.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.7% were single (or lone) person households and 4.5% were group households.