Kensington Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,422 people were counted in Kensington Park: of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park there were 413 children aged 0-14 years and 560 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, 2,165 people were Australian citizens, 589 were born overseas and 21 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, 45.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.7% were separated or divorced, 7.0% were widowed and 37.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, 73.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kensington Park were England 6.5%, Italy 2.9%, Malaysia 2.6%, Scotland 1.0% and Singapore 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Kensington Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.8%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 16.6%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Orthodox 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 5.0%, Cantonese 1.8%, Greek 1.5%, Mandarin 1.4% and German 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,224 people aged 15 years and over in Kensington Park were in the labour force. Of these 61.1% worked full-time, 32.1% worked part-time, 1.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.5% were unemployed. 759 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 21.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.6%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Managers and Administrators 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.9% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kensington Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.2%, Health Services 8.6%, Education 7.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, 632 families were counted: of these, 37.3% were couple families without children, 44.5% were couple families with children, 14.6% were one parent families and 3.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, 977 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kensington Park, 69.5% were separate houses, 11.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, 44.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.2% were being purchased and 25.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kensington Park, 64.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.3% were single (or lone) person households and 4.9% were group households.