Kemps Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,309 people in Kemps Creek of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Kemps Creek was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Kemps Creek aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kemps Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kemps Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kemps Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Kemps Creek 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 16.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kemps Creek were Italian 21.4%, Australian 16.7%, English 10.6%, Maltese 7.2% and Lebanese 5.3%.

In Kemps Creek, 65.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 7.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, Malta 2.4%, Lebanon 2.3% and Iraq 1.5%.

In Kemps Creek, 32.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kemps Creek were Catholic 53.0%, Anglican 10.3%, No Religion 6.8%, Eastern Orthodox 5.2% and Islam 4.3%.

In Kemps Creek 51.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.6%, Arabic 6.5%, Cantonese 4.2%, Maltese 3.3% and Croatian 2.4%.

Employment

There were 1,090 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kemps Creek. Of these 63.5% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kemps Creek, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kemps Creek was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Kemps Creek included Managers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Professionals 9.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Kemps Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.4%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.1%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 2.9% and School Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kemps Creek was $475.

In Kemps Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Truck 7.6%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Other 2.0% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kemps Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Kemps Creek, 17.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kemps Creek, 55.0% were couple families with children, 31.4% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Kemps Creek 32.4% of single parents were male and 67.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kemps Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,987 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Kemps Creek, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kemps Creek, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kemps Creek, 95.7% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Kemps Creek, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 32.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kemps Creek, 44.0% were owned outright, 25.6% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Kemps Creek, of all households, 85.7% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Kemps Creek, 22.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Kemps Creek, 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kemps Creek, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 46.4%) were male and 15 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 45 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Kemps Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Kemps Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.