Kearneys Spring

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,348 people in Kearneys Spring of these 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Kearneys Spring was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Kearneys Spring aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kearneys Spring was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kearneys Spring, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kearneys Spring was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Kearneys Spring 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 15.1% in secondary school and 28.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kearneys Spring were Australian 27.6%, English 27.3%, Irish 8.5%, German 7.4% and Scottish 6.6%.

In Kearneys Spring, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.7%, India 1.3%, Saudi Arabia 1.2% and Sudan 0.7%.

In Kearneys Spring, 67.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kearneys Spring were Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 19.0%, No Religion 14.1%, Christian, nfd 5.9% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Kearneys Spring 81.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.7%, Mandarin 1.4%, Dinka 0.6%, French 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,283 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kearneys Spring. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kearneys Spring, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kearneys Spring was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Kearneys Spring included Professionals 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Labourers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Managers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Kearneys Spring, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 5.0%, Tertiary Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kearneys Spring was $546.

In Kearneys Spring, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Walked only 3.2%, Bicycle 1.0% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kearneys Spring, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% 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, 19.1% 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 Kearneys Spring, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kearneys Spring, 35.4% were couple families with children, 43.9% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Kearneys Spring 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kearneys Spring, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,033 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Kearneys Spring, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kearneys Spring, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kearneys Spring, 60.7% were separate houses, 10.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Kearneys Spring, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kearneys Spring, 28.4% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 41.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Kearneys Spring, of all households, 62.0% were family households, 32.6% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Kearneys Spring, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Kearneys Spring, 46.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kearneys Spring, there were 215 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 92 (or 42.8%) were male and 123 (or 57.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Kearneys Spring, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,012.

In Kearneys Spring, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $218 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.