Keilor Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,540 people in Keilor Park of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Keilor Park was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.2% of the population.

Of people in Keilor Park aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Keilor Park was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Keilor Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Keilor Park was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Keilor Park 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Keilor Park were Italian 26.4%, Australian 15.7%, English 13.8%, Greek 5.3% and Irish 4.9%.

In Keilor Park, 63.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 14.7%, Greece 2.1%, Malta 1.7%, England 1.3% and Vietnam 1.1%.

In Keilor Park, 34.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Keilor Park were Catholic 52.4%, No Religion 11.3%, Eastern Orthodox 9.8%, Anglican 7.4% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Keilor Park 58.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 20.3%, Greek 5.0%, Arabic 1.9%, Cantonese 1.1% and Maltese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,205 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Keilor Park. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Keilor Park, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Keilor Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Professionals 16.4%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 8.7%, Managers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Keilor Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 4.8%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, Building Completion Services 2.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Keilor Park was $467.

In Keilor Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.3%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train, bus 2.2%, Train 1.8% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Keilor Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.9% 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 Park, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Keilor Park, 40.4% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Keilor Park 14.2% of single parents were male and 85.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Keilor Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,935 and those without children was $2,228.

Employment status of couple families

In Keilor Park, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Keilor Park, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor Park, 93.0% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Keilor Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.9% had 2 bedrooms and 63.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilor Park, 51.1% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Keilor Park, of all households, 80.5% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Keilor Park, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Park, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Keilor Park, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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