Keilor East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,259 people in Keilor East of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Keilor East was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Keilor East aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Keilor East was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Keilor East, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Keilor East was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Keilor East 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 19.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Keilor East were Italian 20.4%, Australian 17.2%, English 15.1%, Irish 6.1% and Greek 5.9%.

In Keilor East, 65.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.2%, Greece 2.3%, Vietnam 2.3%, India 1.6% and England 1.4%.

In Keilor East, 39.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Keilor East were Catholic 49.9%, No Religion 12.0%, Eastern Orthodox 9.2%, Anglican 7.5% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Keilor East 59.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 12.9%, Greek 5.7%, Vietnamese 2.3%, Arabic 1.8% and Cantonese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 6,224 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Keilor East. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Keilor East, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Keilor East was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Keilor East included Professionals 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Managers 12.4%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Keilor East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Hospitals 3.0%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Keilor East was $508.

In Keilor East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train 3.0%, Train, bus 2.4% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 10.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Keilor East, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.3% 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 Keilor East, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Keilor East, 46.7% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Keilor East 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Keilor East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,309 and those without children was $2,073.

Employment status of couple families

In Keilor East, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 20.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Keilor East, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor East, 89.9% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Keilor East, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 61.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor East, 50.7% were owned outright, 30.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Keilor East, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Keilor East, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 Keilor East, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Keilor East, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 50.0%) were male and 8 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Keilor East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Keilor East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.