Kings Park (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,311 people in Kings Park (Vic.) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Kings Park (Vic.) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Kings Park (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kings Park (Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kings Park (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kings Park (Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Kings Park (Vic.) 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.3% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kings Park (Vic.) were Vietnamese 15.7%, Australian 8.2%, English 8.0%, Macedonian 6.6% and Chinese 6.2%.

In Kings Park (Vic.), 40.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 12.9%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 4.8%, Philippines 3.7%, Malta 3.3% and India 1.9%.

In Kings Park (Vic.), 11.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 81.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kings Park (Vic.) were Catholic 32.2%, Buddhism 17.8%, Eastern Orthodox 12.1%, No Religion 8.2% and Islam 7.5%.

In Kings Park (Vic.) 27.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 19.5%, Macedonian 7.0%, Maltese 3.8%, Arabic 3.0% and Cantonese 2.9%.

Employment

There were 3,393 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kings Park (Vic.). Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 11.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kings Park (Vic.), 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kings Park (Vic.) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Kings Park (Vic.) included Labourers 20.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Professionals 8.8% and Managers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Kings Park (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kings Park (Vic.) was $357.

In Kings Park (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Train 5.4%, Train, bus 1.6% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kings Park (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.4% 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 (Vic.), 17.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kings Park (Vic.), 45.4% were couple families with children, 27.7% were couple families without children and 24.9% were one parent families.

In Kings Park (Vic.) 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kings Park (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,804 and those without children was $1,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Kings Park (Vic.), of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 10.8% 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 (Vic.), 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Park (Vic.), 93.7% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Kings Park (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 77.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Park (Vic.), 39.2% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Kings Park (Vic.), of all households, 83.4% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Kings Park (Vic.), 30.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Kings Park (Vic.), 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kings Park (Vic.), there were 61 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 47.5%) were male and 32 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 16 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 (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Kings Park (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.