Kings Park (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,348 people in Kings Park (NSW) of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Kings Park (NSW) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Kings Park (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kings Park (NSW) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Kings Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kings Park (NSW) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Kings Park (NSW) 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kings Park (NSW) were Australian 27.8%, English 23.4%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 5.4% and Italian 3.5%.

In Kings Park (NSW), 71.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.5%, Philippines 2.3%, India 1.9% and South Africa 1.3%.

In Kings Park (NSW), 48.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kings Park (NSW) were Catholic 34.6%, Anglican 20.2%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Eastern Orthodox 2.9%.

In Kings Park (NSW) 78.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.0%, Arabic 1.0%, Tagalog 1.0% and Cantonese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,910 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kings Park (NSW). Of these 69.9% were employed full time, 22.3% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kings Park (NSW), 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kings Park (NSW) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Kings Park (NSW) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.9%, Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Managers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Labourers 8.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Kings Park (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Building Installation Services 2.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.5% and Hospitals 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kings Park (NSW) was $762.

In Kings Park (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Train 6.8%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 13.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kings Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Kings Park (NSW), 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kings Park (NSW), 51.7% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Kings Park (NSW) 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kings Park (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,174 and those without children was $2,127.

Employment status of couple families

In Kings Park (NSW), of couple families with children, 32.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kings Park (NSW), 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Park (NSW), 93.9% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kings Park (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Park (NSW), 28.2% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Kings Park (NSW), of all households, 80.8% were family households, 17.0% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Kings Park (NSW), 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Kings Park (NSW), 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kings Park (NSW), there were 53 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 41.5%) were male and 31 (or 58.5%) were female. The median age was 24 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Kings Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,874.

In Kings Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,972.