Kingborough (M)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 27,874 people were counted in Kingborough (M): of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 2.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M) there were 6,416 children aged 0-14 years and 5,927 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), 25,829 people were Australian citizens, 4,475 were born overseas and 117 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), 56.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 26.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), 80.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kingborough (M) were England 6.7%, Netherlands 1.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Kingborough (M) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 30.1%, No Religion 20.0%, Catholic 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.8%, German 0.5%, French 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,233 people aged 15 years and over in Kingborough (M) were in the labour force. Of these 55.6% worked full-time, 35.5% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 7,774 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.4%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 5.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kingborough (M), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 6.2%, Health Services 5.5%, Business Services 4.8%, Government Administration 4.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), 7,998 families were counted: of these, 35.8% were couple families without children, 49.1% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), 10,537 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kingborough (M), 91.5% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), 44.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.1% were being purchased and 16.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kingborough (M), 75.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.