St Kilda East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,576 people in St Kilda East of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in St Kilda East was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in St Kilda East aged 15 years and over, 32.7% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Kilda East was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In St Kilda East, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Kilda East was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In St Kilda East 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.3% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 28.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Kilda East were Australian 18.2%, English 17.2%, Irish 7.9%, Jewish 7.8% and Scottish 5.8%.

In St Kilda East, 60.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, India 3.1%, New Zealand 2.7%, United States of America 2.2% and Israel 2.0%.

In St Kilda East, 35.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Kilda East were Judaism 27.9%, No Religion 27.5%, Catholic 14.2%, Anglican 6.0% and Eastern Orthodox 2.7%.

In St Kilda East 69.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hebrew 3.7%, Yiddish 3.0%, Russian 2.9%, Greek 1.6% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 7,408 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Kilda East. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Kilda East, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Kilda East was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in St Kilda East included Professionals 38.8%, Managers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Labourers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in St Kilda East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Kilda East was $847.

In St Kilda East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.6%, Tram 9.7%, Train 8.2%, Walked only 4.9% and Train, tram 4.0%. On the day, 26.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Kilda East, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.5% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 St Kilda East, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Kilda East, 37.0% were couple families with children, 48.7% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In St Kilda East 12.9% of single parents were male and 87.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Kilda East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,646 and those without children was $2,421.

Employment status of couple families

In St Kilda East, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Kilda East, 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Kilda East, 24.3% were separate houses, 11.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 64.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In St Kilda East, of occupied private dwellings 19.2% had 1 bedroom, 48.4% had 2 bedrooms and 19.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Kilda East, 20.1% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 51.7% were rented.

Household composition

In St Kilda East, of all households, 49.9% were family households, 38.1% were single person households and 12.0% were group households.

In St Kilda East, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.9% 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 St Kilda East, 48.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Kilda East, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 56.0%) were male and 22 (or 44.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 St Kilda East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,312.

In St Kilda East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $306 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.