Kangaroo Flat

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,464 people were counted in Kangaroo Flat: of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat there were 1,650 children aged 0-14 years and 1,803 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, 7,076 people were Australian citizens, 417 were born overseas and 13 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, 50.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.2% were separated or divorced, 8.3% were widowed and 29.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, 89.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kangaroo Flat were England 1.8%, New Zealand 0.5%, Philippines 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Kangaroo Flat on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.0%, Catholic 23.2%, No Religion 18.6%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.4%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Cantonese 0.1% and Mandarin 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,254 people aged 15 years and over in Kangaroo Flat were in the labour force. Of these 55.5% worked full-time, 32.2% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.7% were unemployed. 2,394 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.2%, Associate Professionals 5.8%, Professionals 5.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kangaroo Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Health Services 3.8%, Education 2.9% and Business Services 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, 2,087 families were counted: of these, 36.6% were couple families without children, 41.3% were couple families with children, 20.4% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, 2,965 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kangaroo Flat, 89.6% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.3% were being purchased and 26.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 31.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 32.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kangaroo Flat, 69.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.