Kingston SE

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,612 people in Kingston SE of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Kingston SE was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.5% of the population.

Of people in Kingston SE aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kingston SE was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Kingston SE, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kingston SE was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Kingston SE 23.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kingston SE were Australian 36.0%, English 35.0%, Scottish 6.7%, German 6.6% and Irish 4.9%.

In Kingston SE, 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 0.7%, Jersey 0.4%, Netherlands 0.3% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Kingston SE, 84.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kingston SE were No Religion 26.3%, Uniting Church 20.6%, Anglican 15.7%, Catholic 11.3% and Lutheran 4.7%.

In Kingston SE 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, French 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 702 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kingston SE. Of these 46.9% were employed full time, 39.2% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kingston SE, 18.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kingston SE was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Kingston SE included Managers 19.6%, Labourers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Professionals 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Kingston SE, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.0%, School Education 5.8%, Residential Building Construction 5.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3% and Hospitals 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kingston SE was $451.

In Kingston SE, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Walked only 7.4%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Other 1.9% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kingston SE, 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, 23.3% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.7% 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 SE, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kingston SE, 30.7% were couple families with children, 55.6% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Kingston SE 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kingston SE, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,646 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Kingston SE, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kingston SE, 57.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 42.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston SE, 91.3% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Kingston SE, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 55.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston SE, 45.2% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Kingston SE, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Kingston SE, 39.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Kingston SE, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kingston SE, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 51.7%) were male and 14 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 38 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 SE, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $383.

In Kingston SE, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $158 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,339.