Keilor Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,307 people in Keilor Downs of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Keilor Downs was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Keilor Downs aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Keilor Downs was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Keilor Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Keilor Downs was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Keilor Downs 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 22.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Keilor Downs were Australian 12.2%, Italian 10.0%, English 9.7%, Maltese 7.1% and Greek 6.1%.

In Keilor Downs, 54.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 4.3%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 3.6%, Malta 2.9%, Italy 2.9% and Croatia 2.8%.

In Keilor Downs, 22.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Keilor Downs were Catholic 41.4%, Eastern Orthodox 15.0%, No Religion 9.7%, Islam 6.8% and Buddhism 5.6%.

In Keilor Downs 45.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 6.5%, Greek 5.9%, Macedonian 5.0%, Italian 4.9% and Arabic 4.0%.

Employment

There were 5,153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Keilor Downs. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Keilor Downs, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Keilor Downs included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Professionals 14.2%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Labourers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4% and Managers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Keilor Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.2%, Hospitals 2.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Keilor Downs was $458.

In Keilor Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 4.7%, Train, car as driver 1.4% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Keilor Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.5% 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 Keilor Downs, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Keilor Downs, 52.5% were couple families with children, 29.7% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Keilor Downs 13.4% of single parents were male and 86.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Keilor Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,240 and those without children was $1,963.

Employment status of couple families

In Keilor Downs, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Keilor Downs, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor Downs, 91.6% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Keilor Downs, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 3.1% had 2 bedrooms and 60.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor Downs, 46.6% were owned outright, 33.7% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Keilor Downs, of all households, 84.7% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Keilor Downs, 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Keilor Downs, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Keilor Downs, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 58.0%) were male and 21 (or 42.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Keilor Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $433.

In Keilor Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,275.