Upper Kedron

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,432 people in Upper Kedron of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Kedron was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.0% of the population.

Of people in Upper Kedron aged 15 years and over, 66.2% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Kedron was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Upper Kedron, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Kedron was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Upper Kedron 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.9% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Kedron were Australian 31.4%, English 30.1%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.5% and German 4.2%.

In Upper Kedron, 81.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 0.6%, South Africa 0.6% and Iran 0.4%.

In Upper Kedron, 64.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Kedron were Catholic 28.9%, No Religion 22.1%, Anglican 20.0%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Upper Kedron 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Persian (excluding Dari) 0.7%, Italian 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0.3% and Sinhalese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,783 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Kedron. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Kedron, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Kedron was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Kedron included Professionals 26.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.8%, Managers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Labourers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Upper Kedron, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 12.8%, Hospitals 6.0%, School Education 5.5%, State Government Administration 3.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Kedron was $836.

In Upper Kedron, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.4%, Train 7.3%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train, car as driver 3.2% and Train, bus 1.6%. On the day, 14.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Kedron, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 46.5% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Upper Kedron, 32.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Kedron, 68.1% were couple families with children, 22.6% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Upper Kedron 28.8% of single parents were male and 71.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Kedron, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,508 and those without children was $2,489.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Kedron, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Kedron, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Kedron, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Upper Kedron, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.8% had 2 bedrooms and 13.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Kedron, 18.6% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 28.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Kedron, of all households, 93.8% were family households, 5.1% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Upper Kedron, 5.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.8% 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 Upper Kedron, 22.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Kedron, there were 44 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 52.3%) were male and 21 (or 47.7%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Upper Kedron, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Upper Kedron, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.