Kooyong

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 744 people were counted in Kooyong: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong there were 138 children aged 0-14 years and 204 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, 675 people were Australian citizens, 108 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, 55.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.5% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 31.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, 80.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kooyong were England 4.6%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 0.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.7%, India 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Kooyong on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 31.0%, Catholic 18.0%, No Religion 11.2%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Judaism 7.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 1.7%, German 1.1%, Greek 0.8%, Indonesian 0.5% and French 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 382 people aged 15 years and over in Kooyong were in the labour force. Of these 61.3% worked full-time, 33.8% worked part-time, 1.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 198 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 24.2%, Managers and Administrators 10.9%, Associate Professionals 10.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.5% and Labourers and Related Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kooyong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 12.2%, Health Services 8.0%, Education 6.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 6.2% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, 196 families were counted: of these, 34.2% were couple families without children, 56.6% were couple families with children, 7.7% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, 281 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kooyong, 53.4% were separate houses, 22.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, 58.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.9% were being purchased and 13.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 61.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kooyong, 68.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.6% were single (or lone) person households and 4.3% were group households.