South Kingsville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,830 people in South Kingsville of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in South Kingsville was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in South Kingsville aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Kingsville was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In South Kingsville, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Kingsville was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In South Kingsville 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.4% were in primary school, 14.5% in secondary school and 28.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Kingsville were Australian 21.9%, English 20.4%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 6.8% and Italian 4.1%.

In South Kingsville, 65.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, India 2.5%, New Zealand 2.2%, Lebanon 1.9% and Italy 1.7%.

In South Kingsville, 43.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Kingsville were Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 9.3%, Eastern Orthodox 6.5% and Islam 6.5%.

In South Kingsville 67.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 5.5%, Greek 2.1%, Italian 2.0%, Serbian 1.5% and Croatian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 1,013 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Kingsville. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Kingsville, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Kingsville was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in South Kingsville included Professionals 26.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.3%, Managers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Labourers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in South Kingsville, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.4%, Hospitals 2.9%, Tertiary Education 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Kingsville was $752.

In South Kingsville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Train 7.0%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bicycle 3.0% and Train, car as driver 2.2%. On the day, 13.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Kingsville, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 South Kingsville, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Kingsville, 42.4% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In South Kingsville 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Kingsville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,469 and those without children was $2,337.

Employment status of couple families

In South Kingsville, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% 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 South Kingsville, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Kingsville, 44.3% were separate houses, 31.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In South Kingsville, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 36.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Kingsville, 24.1% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 40.9% were rented.

Household composition

In South Kingsville, of all households, 61.5% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In South Kingsville, 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 South Kingsville, 45.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Kingsville, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 13 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 South Kingsville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,062.

In South Kingsville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.