Port Kennedy

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC51249
People 13,777
Male 49%
Female 51%
Median age 33
Families 3,667
Average children per family  null
for families with children 2
for all households (a) 1.1
All private dwellings 4,892
Average people per household 3
Median weekly household income $1,718
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,861
Median weekly rent $370
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 2.1

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Male 6,757 49.0 1,238,419 50.0 11,546,638 49.3
Female 7,022 51.0 1,235,994 50.0 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 365 2.6 75,978 3.1 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 13,777 people in Port Kennedy. Of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

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Age Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 33 -- 36 -- 38 --
0-4 years 950 6.9 161,727 6.5 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 1,226 8.9 164,153 6.6 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 1,179 8.6 150,806 6.1 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 1,112 8.1 149,997 6.1 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 924 6.7 160,332 6.5 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 855 6.2 184,908 7.5 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 895 6.5 194,267 7.9 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 854 6.2 173,041 7.0 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 1,103 8.0 171,996 7.0 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 1,136 8.2 172,520 7.0 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 994 7.2 162,438 6.6 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 754 5.5 149,899 6.1 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 496 3.6 132,145 5.3 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 403 2.9 116,755 4.7 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 315 2.3 82,911 3.4 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 213 1.5 61,509 2.5 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 193 1.4 42,590 1.7 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 180 1.3 42,420 1.7 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Port Kennedy was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Married 5,044 48.4 975,062 48.8 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 419 4.0 63,205 3.2 608,059 3.2
Divorced 826 7.9 167,361 8.4 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 363 3.5 88,619 4.4 985,204 5.2
Never married 3,768 36.2 703,482 35.2 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Port Kennedy aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 4,312 47.8 835,938 48.4 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 1,198 13.3 201,709 11.7 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 3,502 38.9 688,868 39.9 7,024,973 41.9

In Port Kennedy, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Preschool 167 3.5 30,247 3.9 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 1,190 24.8 144,988 18.9 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 181 3.8 36,865 4.8 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 194 4.0 28,046 3.7 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 752 15.6 88,176 11.5 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 179 3.7 34,065 4.4 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 285 5.9 34,773 4.5 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 263 5.5 46,835 6.1 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 381 7.9 106,811 13.9 1,160,626 16.1
Other 96 2.0 18,547 2.4 198,383 2.8
Not stated 1,120 23.3 197,644 25.8 1,707,023 23.7

In Port Kennedy 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 899 8.6 410,272 20.5 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 957 9.2 177,631 8.9 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 518 5.0 62,656 3.1 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 1,880 18.0 279,448 14.0 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 1,744 16.7 318,674 16.0 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 796 7.6 107,858 5.4 941,531 4.9
Year 10 1,543 14.8 235,001 11.8 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 3 0.0 940 0.0 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 4 0.0 209 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 596 5.7 117,996 5.9 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 17 0.2 10,572 0.5 145,844 0.8
Not stated 1,167 11.2 220,701 11.0 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Port Kennedy, 16.7% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 23.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
English 6,657 34.6 931,150 27.9 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 4,698 24.4 760,032 22.8 7,298,243 23.3
Scottish 1,448 7.5 214,154 6.4 2,023,470 6.4
Irish 1,196 6.2 224,372 6.7 2,388,058 7.6
Maori 616 3.2 27,451 0.8 142,107 0.5

The most common ancestries in Port Kennedy were English 34.6%, Australian 24.4%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 6.2% and Maori 3.2%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Port Kennedy (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 8,627 62.7 1,492,842 60.3 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 1,834 13.3 194,163 7.8 907,570 3.9
New Zealand 921 6.7 79,221 3.2 518,466 2.2
South Africa 239 1.7 41,008 1.7 162,449 0.7
Scotland 208 1.5 26,058 1.1 119,417 0.5
Philippines 83 0.6 30,835 1.2 232,386 1.0

In Port Kennedy, 62.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.3%, New Zealand 6.7%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 1.5% and Philippines 0.6%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 5,197 37.7 1,001,150 40.5 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 1,166 8.5 184,890 7.5 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 925 6.7 144,217 5.8 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 5,379 39.0 947,977 38.3 11,070,538 47.3

In Port Kennedy, 39.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 6,327 45.9 1,097,468 44.4 12,231,150 52.3
England 2,407 17.5 276,956 11.2 1,403,096 6.0
New Zealand 1,073 7.8 97,382 3.9 617,331 2.6
Scotland 383 2.8 50,380 2.0 276,038 1.2
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 335 2.4 37,616 1.5 177,536 0.8

In Port Kennedy, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 45.9%, England 17.5%, New Zealand 7.8%, Scotland 2.8% and United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 2.4%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 6,584 47.8 1,140,417 46.1 12,643,365 54.0
England 2,402 17.4 265,520 10.7 1,302,147 5.6
New Zealand 1,095 8.0 94,116 3.8 608,329 2.6
Scotland 339 2.5 46,601 1.9 245,915 1.1
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 300 2.2 34,261 1.4 155,231 0.7

In Port Kennedy, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 47.8%, England 17.4%, New Zealand 8.0%, Scotland 2.5% and United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 2.2%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 5,065 36.7 804,268 32.5 6,933,708 29.6
Anglican 2,546 18.5 354,790 14.3 3,101,185 13.3
Catholic 2,377 17.2 530,361 21.4 5,291,834 22.6
Not stated 1,388 10.1 255,987 10.3 2,238,735 9.6
Christian, nfd 561 4.1 83,670 3.4 612,371 2.6

The most common responses for religion in Port Kennedy were No Religion, so described 36.7%, Anglican 18.5%, Catholic 17.2%, Not stated 10.1% and Christian, nfd 4.1%. In Port Kennedy, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (56.1%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Afrikaans 103 0.7 14,208 0.6 43,741 0.2
Maori (New Zealand) 87 0.6 2,859 0.1 11,747 0.1
Serbian 78 0.6 5,038 0.2 53,801 0.2
Italian 48 0.3 29,401 1.2 271,597 1.2
Thai 43 0.3 6,403 0.3 55,444 0.2
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English only spoken at home 11,989 87.1 1,861,041 75.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 459 10.2 181,998 19.4 1,971,011 22.2

In Port Kennedy 87.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.7%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6%, Serbian 0.6%, Italian 0.3% and Thai 0.3%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 3,725 55.3 715,287 57.0 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 1,926 28.6 376,590 30.0 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 369 5.5 65,859 5.2 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 714 10.6 97,966 7.8 787,452 6.9

There were 6,734 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Kennedy. Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 719 11.9 138,263 11.9 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 586 9.7 114,814 9.9 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 621 10.3 123,517 10.7 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 1,102 18.3 198,785 17.2 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 2,627 43.6 516,501 44.6 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Port Kennedy, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Technicians and Trades Workers 1,142 18.9 187,396 16.2 1,447,414 13.5
Community and Personal Service Workers 793 13.2 122,889 10.6 1,157,003 10.8
Labourers 771 12.8 112,599 9.7 1,011,520 9.5
Clerical and Administrative Workers 736 12.2 150,408 13.0 1,449,681 13.6
Professionals 708 11.7 237,230 20.5 2,370,966 22.2
Sales Workers 656 10.9 102,337 8.8 1,000,955 9.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 556 9.2 86,392 7.5 670,106 6.3
Managers 554 9.2 139,350 12.0 1,390,047 13.0

The most common occupations in Port Kennedy included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Labourers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Professionals 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 9.2% and Managers 9.2%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Defence 210 3.5 4,520 0.4 75,462 0.7
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 203 3.4 28,080 2.4 254,275 2.4
Takeaway Food Services 196 3.3 20,942 1.8 189,447 1.8
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 165 2.8 41,706 3.6 411,808 3.9
Primary Education 150 2.5 29,683 2.6 231,198 2.2

Of the employed people in Port Kennedy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 2.8% and Primary Education 2.5%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Personal 680 -- 724 -- 662 --
Family 1,847 -- 1,910 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,718 -- 1,595 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Kennedy was $680.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 3,829 63.5 733,030 63.3 6,574,571 61.5
Car, as passenger 347 5.8 56,173 4.9 489,922 4.6
Worked at home 163 2.7 49,354 4.3 503,582 4.7
Bus 154 2.6 44,742 3.9 323,201 3.0
Train 134 2.2 25,863 2.2 488,012 4.6
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People who travelled to work by public transport 532 8.8 106,764 9.2 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 4,367 72.4 815,077 70.4 7,305,271 68.4

In Port Kennedy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Worked at home 2.7%, Bus 2.6% and Train 2.2%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 7,251 69.5 1,387,280 69.4 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 3,550 34.0 568,406 28.5 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 960 9.2 196,328 9.8 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 1,555 14.9 379,578 19.0 3,620,726 19.0

In Port Kennedy, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 2,238 21.5 447,726 22.4 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 2,665 25.6 521,733 26.1 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 1,193 11.4 228,248 11.4 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 1,152 11.0 189,571 9.5 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Port Kennedy, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 1,063 29.0 247,841 38.5 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 1,886 51.5 292,133 45.3 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 670 18.3 93,344 14.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 46 1.3 10,869 1.7 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Port Kennedy, 51.5% were couple families with children, 29.0% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Male -- 16.0 -- 18.3 -- 18.2
Female -- 84.0 -- 81.7 -- 81.8

In Port Kennedy, 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 578 19.6 106,951 19.8 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 66 2.2 22,177 4.1 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 611 20.7 119,913 22.2 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 546 18.5 88,558 16.4 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 144 4.9 31,917 5.9 302,037 6.0
Both not working 428 14.5 93,686 17.4 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 168 5.7 29,973 5.6 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 405 13.7 46,793 8.7 311,381 6.2

In Port Kennedy, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 4,245 91.4 866,767 86.7 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 398 8.6 132,874 13.3 1,039,874 11.2

In Port Kennedy, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 3,960 93.3 685,824 79.1 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 282 6.6 122,562 14.1 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 3 0.1 49,086 5.7 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 0 0.0 6,314 0.7 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Kennedy, 93.3% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 5 0.1 2,452 0.3 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 16 0.4 30,043 3.5 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 185 4.4 107,035 12.3 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 628 14.8 327,662 37.8 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 3,329 78.5 381,319 44.0 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 77 1.8 18,272 2.1 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 3.8 -- 3.3 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 3 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Port Kennedy, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.4% had 2 bedrooms and 14.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 758 17.9 247,050 28.5 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 2,283 53.8 344,014 39.7 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 1,017 24.0 245,705 28.3 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 85 2.0 9,181 1.1 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 101 2.4 20,823 2.4 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Kennedy, 17.9% were owned outright, 53.8% were owned with a mortgage and 24.0% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Family households 3,568 84.1 629,882 72.7 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 586 13.8 204,202 23.6 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 90 2.1 32,692 3.8 354,917 4.3

In Port Kennedy, of all households, 84.1% were family households, 13.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

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Household income Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 14.8 -- 18.3 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 17.5 -- 19.2 -- 16.4

In Port Kennedy, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 17.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median rent 370 -- 347 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 91.5 -- 90.3 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 8.5 -- 9.7 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,861 -- 1,993 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 89.4 -- 91.4 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 10.6 -- 8.6 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
None 106 2.5 42,620 4.9 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 1,168 27.5 274,198 31.6 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 1,819 42.9 337,355 38.9 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 1,032 24.3 186,678 21.5 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 117 2.8 25,934 3.0 285,197 3.4

In Port Kennedy, 27.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 315 7.4 108,489 12.5 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 3,848 90.7 737,659 85.1 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 79 1.9 20,625 2.4 221,494 2.7

In Port Kennedy, 90.7% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Male 175 48.3 38,027 50.0 322,171 49.6
Female 187 51.7 37,959 50.0 326,996 50.4
Median age 16 -- 23 -- 23 --

In Port Kennedy, 48.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 51.7% were female. The median age was 16 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.8 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 1,462 -- 1,210 -- 1,203 --

In Port Kennedy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,462.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Port Kennedy % Port Kennedy Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 350 -- 216 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,810 -- 1,830 -- 1,660 --

In Port Kennedy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,810.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.