Kersbrook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,172 people in Kersbrook of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kersbrook was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Kersbrook aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kersbrook was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Kersbrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kersbrook was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Kersbrook 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kersbrook were English 36.7%, Australian 29.8%, Scottish 8.7%, Irish 5.3% and German 5.2%.

In Kersbrook, 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.4%, Germany 0.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, Scotland 0.6% and Italy 0.5%.

In Kersbrook, 62.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kersbrook were No Religion 40.1%, Anglican 14.2%, Catholic 13.7%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Lutheran 3.4%.

In Kersbrook 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and Macedonian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 653 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kersbrook. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kersbrook, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kersbrook was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Kersbrook included Professionals 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Managers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Labourers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Kersbrook, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 3.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.2%, Residential Building Construction 2.8% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kersbrook was $615.

In Kersbrook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 2.2%, Walked only 1.9% and Bus, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kersbrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.3% 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 Kersbrook, 31.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kersbrook, 51.1% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Kersbrook 29.2% of single parents were male and 70.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kersbrook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,116 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Kersbrook, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 27.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kersbrook, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kersbrook, 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 Kersbrook, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.6% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kersbrook, 37.3% were owned outright, 52.1% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Kersbrook, of all households, 87.0% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 0.7% were group households.

In Kersbrook, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Kersbrook, 17.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kersbrook, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Kersbrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Kersbrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,232.