Kingston Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 538 people in Kingston Park of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Kingston Park was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Kingston Park aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kingston Park was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Kingston Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kingston Park was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Kingston Park 22.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 32.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kingston Park were English 35.1%, Australian 20.3%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.3% and German 7.1%.

In Kingston Park, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.0%, Germany 1.9%, Scotland 1.5%, Poland 1.1% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Kingston Park, 52.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kingston Park were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 20.4%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Lutheran 4.6%.

In Kingston Park 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Greek 0.9%, Filipino 0.7%, Spanish 0.6% and Latvian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kingston Park. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kingston Park, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kingston Park was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Kingston Park included Professionals 31.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Managers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Kingston Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.4%, School Education 5.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7%, Residential Care Services 3.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kingston Park was $635.

In Kingston Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Train 3.7%, Car, as passenger 2.7%, Bicycle 2.4% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kingston Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Kingston Park, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kingston Park, 35.3% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Kingston Park 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kingston Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,687 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Kingston Park, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kingston Park, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston Park, 61.2% were separate houses, 8.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.3% were flats, units or apartments and 10.5% were other dwellings.

In Kingston Park, of occupied private dwellings 8.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston Park, 48.9% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 21.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Kingston Park, of all households, 66.0% were family households, 32.8% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Kingston Park, 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.3% 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 Kingston Park, 41.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kingston Park, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Kingston Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

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