Keswick

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 680 people in Keswick of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Keswick was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Keswick aged 15 years and over, 35.1% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Keswick was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Keswick, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Keswick was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Keswick 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 12.9% in secondary school and 38.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Keswick were Australian 19.2%, English 17.5%, Chinese 7.8%, Greek 7.7% and Indian 6.4%.

In Keswick, 53.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 7.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.5%, England 2.9%, Greece 2.9% and Malaysia 2.4%.

In Keswick, 37.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Keswick were No Religion 31.6%, Catholic 16.9%, Eastern Orthodox 10.6%, Anglican 6.2% and Hinduism 6.2%.

In Keswick 56.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.0%, Greek 6.6%, Hindi 3.2%, Italian 2.2% and Gujarati 1.9%.

Employment

There were 400 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Keswick. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Keswick, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Keswick was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Keswick included Professionals 23.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.5%, Managers 8.7%, Sales Workers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Keswick, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.3%, Allied Health Services 2.7% and Accommodation 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Keswick was $612.

In Keswick, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Bus 16.7%, Walked only 7.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 21.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Keswick, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Keswick, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Keswick, 31.2% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Keswick 12.0% of single parents were male and 88.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Keswick, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,971.

Employment status of couple families

In Keswick, of couple families with children, 26.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Keswick, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keswick, 43.4% were separate houses, 18.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 37.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Keswick, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 53.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keswick, 21.7% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 50.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Keswick, of all households, 55.3% were family households, 31.0% were single person households and 13.7% were group households.

In Keswick, 26.4% 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 Keswick, 51.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Keswick, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Keswick, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Keswick, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $84 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $503.