Keppel Sands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 302 people in Keppel Sands of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Keppel Sands was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 32.6% of the population.

Of people in Keppel Sands aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 21.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Keppel Sands was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Keppel Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Keppel Sands was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Keppel Sands 14.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Keppel Sands were English 31.1%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 10.3% and German 3.9%.

In Keppel Sands, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.0%, England 2.3%, Netherlands 1.7%, Northern Ireland 1.3% and Papua New Guinea 1.0%.

In Keppel Sands, 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Keppel Sands were Anglican 25.2%, Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 16.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 11.0% and Uniting Church 9.0%.

In Keppel Sands 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Japanese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Keppel Sands. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Keppel Sands, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Keppel Sands was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Keppel Sands included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Labourers 13.4%, Professionals 10.2%, Managers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Keppel Sands, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Building Completion Services 4.7%, Residential Care Services 4.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.9% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Keppel Sands was $463.

In Keppel Sands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Walked only 7.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 2.4% and Train, bus, ferry 2.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Keppel Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.7% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Keppel Sands, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Keppel Sands, 17.3% were couple families with children, 71.4% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Keppel Sands 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Keppel Sands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,321 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Keppel Sands, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 12.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Keppel Sands, 65.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keppel Sands, 92.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In Keppel Sands, of occupied private dwellings 10.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keppel Sands, 55.7% were owned outright, 24.2% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Keppel Sands, of all households, 65.3% were family households, 31.3% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Keppel Sands, 42.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Keppel Sands, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Keppel Sands, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 60 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 Keppel Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Keppel Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.