Kangaroo Point (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,000 people in Kangaroo Point (Qld) of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Kangaroo Point (Qld) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Kangaroo Point (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 30.9% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kangaroo Point (Qld) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 29.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kangaroo Point (Qld) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld) 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.7% were in primary school, 5.0% in secondary school and 39.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kangaroo Point (Qld) were English 23.7%, Australian 16.4%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.8%.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), 53.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, England 4.4%, India 1.6%, Ireland 1.6% and Taiwan 1.2%.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), 44.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kangaroo Point (Qld) were No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 13.5%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld) 69.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.9%, Spanish 1.8%, Cantonese 0.9%, Nepali 0.9% and Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 4,368 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kangaroo Point (Qld). Of these 67.2% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kangaroo Point (Qld), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kangaroo Point (Qld) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Kangaroo Point (Qld) included Professionals 34.4%, Managers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Kangaroo Point (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Hospitals 5.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.4% and Tertiary Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kangaroo Point (Qld) was $910.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.8%, Walked only 10.9%, Ferry 10.5%, Bus 8.1% and Car, as passenger 4.7%. On the day, 22.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), 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, 11.8% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Kangaroo Point (Qld), 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kangaroo Point (Qld), 18.5% were couple families with children, 67.1% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld) 25.5% of single parents were male and 74.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,100 and those without children was $2,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), of couple families with children, 32.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kangaroo Point (Qld), 16.6% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 78.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 16.7% had 1 bedroom, 44.0% had 2 bedrooms and 27.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kangaroo Point (Qld), 18.7% were owned outright, 18.8% were owned with a mortgage and 59.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), of all households, 48.0% were family households, 37.6% were single person households and 14.4% were group households.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), 17.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Kangaroo Point (Qld), 48.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 56.8%) were male and 16 (or 43.2%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Kangaroo Point (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $875.

In Kangaroo Point (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $373 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.