Kewdale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,434 people were counted in Kewdale: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 2.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale there were 998 children aged 0-14 years and 1,438 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, 4,780 people were Australian citizens, 1,710 were born overseas and 38 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, 47.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.4% were separated or divorced, 7.0% were widowed and 32.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, 65.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kewdale were England 8.3%, New Zealand 3.2%, Italy 2.6%, India 1.4% and Scotland 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Kewdale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.6%, Anglican 22.1%, No Religion 19.5%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Islam 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.3%, Burmese 1.0%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.9%, Polish 0.9% and German 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,653 people aged 15 years and over in Kewdale were in the labour force. Of these 60.3% worked full-time, 29.2% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.1% were unemployed. 1,658 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.1%, Associate Professionals 6.6%, Professionals 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 2.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kewdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Health Services 3.1%, Food Retailing 2.9% and Education 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, 1,546 families were counted: of these, 40.8% were couple families without children, 38.4% were couple families with children, 17.9% were one parent families and 2.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, 2,322 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kewdale, 77.0% were separate houses, 19.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.0% were being purchased and 26.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 4.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 46.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kewdale, 65.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.3% were single (or lone) person households and 4.8% were group households.