Kangaroo Ground

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,015 people in Kangaroo Ground of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kangaroo Ground was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Kangaroo Ground aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kangaroo Ground was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Kangaroo Ground, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kangaroo Ground was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Kangaroo Ground 36.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kangaroo Ground were English 29.4%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.7% and Italian 4.0%.

In Kangaroo Ground, 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.5%, Italy 1.1%, United States of America 0.9% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Kangaroo Ground, 63.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kangaroo Ground were No Religion 34.9%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 15.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Kangaroo Ground 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, Dutch 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.4% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 522 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kangaroo Ground. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kangaroo Ground, 18.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kangaroo Ground was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Kangaroo Ground included Professionals 29.2%, Managers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Labourers 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Kangaroo Ground, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Building Installation Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.6% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kangaroo Ground was $720.

In Kangaroo Ground, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.6%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Walked only 2.8%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 5.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kangaroo Ground, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.6% 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 Kangaroo Ground, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kangaroo Ground, 58.7% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 5.2% were one parent families.

In Kangaroo Ground 45.5% of single parents were male and 54.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kangaroo Ground, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,852 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Kangaroo Ground, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 29.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kangaroo Ground, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kangaroo Ground, 94.4% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kangaroo Ground, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% had 2 bedrooms and 27.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kangaroo Ground, 42.1% were owned outright, 43.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Kangaroo Ground, of all households, 88.1% were family households, 10.9% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Kangaroo Ground, 12.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.5% 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 Kangaroo Ground, 15.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kangaroo Ground, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 66 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 Kangaroo Ground, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Kangaroo Ground, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.