Kings Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 576 people were counted in Kings Park: of these 40.6% were male and 59.4% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park there were 60 children aged 0-14 years and 228 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, 504 people were Australian citizens, 87 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, 42.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 20.4% were widowed and 24.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, 78.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kings Park were England 5.4%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 1.2%, Greece 0.9% and Lithuania 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Kings Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 20.3%, No Religion 18.9%, Catholic 17.5%, Uniting Church 13.0% and Lutheran 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.4%, Mandarin 0.9%, Spanish 0.7% and German 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 255 people aged 15 years and over in Kings Park were in the labour force. Of these 57.3% worked full-time, 38.4% worked part-time, 1.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.1% were unemployed. 220 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.0%, Associate Professionals 7.8%, Managers and Administrators 4.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.3% and Labourers and Related Workers 0.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kings Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.7%, Health Services 5.7%, Education 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Government Administration 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, 129 families were counted: of these, 44.2% were couple families without children, 40.3% were couple families with children, 13.2% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, 226 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kings Park, 58.4% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 38.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, 47.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.9% were being purchased and 18.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 63.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kings Park, 56.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 38.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.