Kelvin Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,018 people in Kelvin Grove of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Kelvin Grove was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Kelvin Grove aged 15 years and over, 29.7% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kelvin Grove was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kelvin Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kelvin Grove was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Kelvin Grove 44.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.9% were in primary school, 6.1% in secondary school and 65.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kelvin Grove were Australian 21.8%, English 21.6%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.6% and Chinese 5.6%.

In Kelvin Grove, 60.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.6%, Saudi Arabia 3.4%, England 2.9%, India 2.4% and New Zealand 2.3%.

In Kelvin Grove, 48.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kelvin Grove were No Religion 32.9%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 10.6%, Islam 7.4% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Kelvin Grove 69.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 4.6%, Mandarin 3.7%, Cantonese 1.7%, Malay 1.5% and Korean 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kelvin Grove. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kelvin Grove, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kelvin Grove was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 24 years.

The most common occupations in Kelvin Grove included Professionals 36.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.5%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Kelvin Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, Tertiary Education 6.0%, School Education 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kelvin Grove was $571.

In Kelvin Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.5%, Bus 17.9%, Walked only 10.8%, Car, as passenger 4.8% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 21.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kelvin Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 6.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Kelvin Grove, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kelvin Grove, 35.9% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Kelvin Grove 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kelvin Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,006 and those without children was $2,506.

Employment status of couple families

In Kelvin Grove, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% 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 Kelvin Grove, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kelvin Grove, 40.7% were separate houses, 9.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 49.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kelvin Grove, of occupied private dwellings 16.4% had 1 bedroom, 35.3% had 2 bedrooms and 28.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kelvin Grove, 14.0% were owned outright, 23.6% were owned with a mortgage and 60.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Kelvin Grove, of all households, 53.1% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 18.2% were group households.

In Kelvin Grove, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Kelvin Grove, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kelvin Grove, there were 59 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 44.1%) were male and 33 (or 55.9%) 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 Kelvin Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Kelvin Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $226 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,205.