Kings Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,528 people in Kings Beach of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kings Beach was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.7% of the population.

Of people in Kings Beach aged 15 years and over, 39.8% were married and 21.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kings Beach was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Kings Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kings Beach was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Kings Beach 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.2% were in primary school, 12.2% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kings Beach were English 31.6%, Australian 23.5%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 9.8% and German 5.2%.

In Kings Beach, 70.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 4.4%, Germany 1.1%, Scotland 0.9% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Kings Beach, 62.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kings Beach were No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Kings Beach 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Japanese 0.4%, French 0.4%, Russian 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,216 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kings Beach. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kings Beach, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kings Beach was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Kings Beach included Professionals 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Managers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Kings Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 3.3% and Residential Building Construction 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kings Beach was $525.

In Kings Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Walked only 5.6%, Bus 1.4% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kings Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.2% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Kings Beach, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kings Beach, 20.4% were couple families with children, 55.4% were couple families without children and 22.8% were one parent families.

In Kings Beach 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kings Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,941 and those without children was $1,511.

Employment status of couple families

In Kings Beach, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kings Beach, 64.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Beach, 8.6% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 89.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Kings Beach, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 55.1% had 2 bedrooms and 32.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Beach, 27.0% were owned outright, 13.3% were owned with a mortgage and 56.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Kings Beach, of all households, 53.4% were family households, 40.3% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Kings Beach, 34.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Kings Beach, 54.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kings Beach, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 52.6%) were male and 18 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Kings Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Kings Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.