Kidman Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,317 people in Kidman Park of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kidman Park was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.0% of the population.

Of people in Kidman Park aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kidman Park was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kidman Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kidman Park was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Kidman Park 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kidman Park were Italian 21.7%, English 18.4%, Australian 18.0%, Greek 9.0% and Scottish 4.2%.

In Kidman Park, 68.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.3%, Greece 3.6%, England 2.8%, India 1.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3%.

In Kidman Park, 42.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kidman Park were Catholic 40.0%, No Religion 14.9%, Eastern Orthodox 11.9%, Anglican 8.7% and Uniting Church 7.1%.

In Kidman Park 64.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.5%, Greek 8.5%, Cantonese 1.2%, Arabic 1.1% and Mandarin 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,605 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kidman Park. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kidman Park, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kidman Park was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Kidman Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.4%, Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 13.6%, Managers 12.8%, Labourers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Kidman Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8% and State Government Administration 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kidman Park was $502.

In Kidman Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Bus 6.1%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 1.1% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kidman Park, 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, 25.7% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Kidman Park, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kidman Park, 40.6% were couple families with children, 44.9% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Kidman Park 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kidman Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,229 and those without children was $2,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Kidman Park, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kidman Park, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kidman Park, 85.2% were separate houses, 14.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Kidman Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 60.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kidman Park, 50.0% were owned outright, 23.3% were owned with a mortgage and 21.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kidman Park, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Kidman Park, 28.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 Kidman Park, 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kidman Park, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Kidman Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Kidman Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.