Keilor Lodge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,757 people in Keilor Lodge of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Keilor Lodge was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Keilor Lodge aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Keilor Lodge was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Keilor Lodge, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Keilor Lodge was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Keilor Lodge 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 30.2% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Keilor Lodge were Italian 17.4%, Australian 17.4%, English 14.5%, Croatian 4.9% and Maltese 4.8%.

In Keilor Lodge, 68.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.7%, Malta 2.4%, Croatia 1.8%, England 1.4% and Sri Lanka 1.1%.

In Keilor Lodge, 36.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Keilor Lodge were Catholic 53.4%, Eastern Orthodox 9.5%, No Religion 8.3%, Anglican 8.1% and Buddhism 3.6%.

In Keilor Lodge 64.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.7%, Croatian 4.4%, Greek 3.8%, Maltese 2.4% and Arabic 1.9%.

Employment

There were 970 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Keilor Lodge. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Keilor Lodge, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Keilor Lodge was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Keilor Lodge included Professionals 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 12.8%, Managers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Keilor Lodge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, School Education 5.2%, Hospitals 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Keilor Lodge was $620.

In Keilor Lodge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.1%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 3.9%, Train, bus 1.1% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Keilor Lodge, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 Lodge, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Keilor Lodge, 58.1% were couple families with children, 28.0% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Keilor Lodge 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Keilor Lodge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $2,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Keilor Lodge, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% 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 Keilor Lodge, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor Lodge, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Keilor Lodge, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor Lodge, 42.9% were owned outright, 44.6% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Keilor Lodge, of all households, 88.0% were family households, 10.5% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Keilor Lodge, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.0% 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 Lodge, 20.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Keilor Lodge, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 55 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 Lodge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Keilor Lodge, 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.