Port Kennedy

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,724 people were counted in Port Kennedy: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy there were 2,339 children aged 0-14 years and 490 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, 5,720 people were Australian citizens, 1,845 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, 60.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 2.1% were widowed and 27.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, 68.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Port Kennedy were England 15.9%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 1.4%, South Africa 1.2% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Port Kennedy on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.2%, No Religion 23.6%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Thai 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Croatian 0.3% and Cantonese 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,048 people aged 15 years and over in Port Kennedy were in the labour force. Of these 60.1% worked full-time, 30.0% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.3% were unemployed. 1,273 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 13.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.3%, Associate Professionals 9.1%, Professionals 7.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Port Kennedy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 5.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Business Services 4.1%, Construction Trade Services 3.9% and Defence 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, 1,847 families were counted: of these, 25.8% were couple families without children, 61.5% were couple families with children, 12.5% were one parent families and 0.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, 2,086 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Port Kennedy, 99.3% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, 14.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 65.1% were being purchased and 17.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Port Kennedy, 87.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.2% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.