Kooyong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 803 people in Kooyong of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Kooyong was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in Kooyong aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kooyong was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kooyong, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kooyong was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Kooyong 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 31.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kooyong were English 30.4%, Australian 22.5%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 9.5% and Chinese 5.6%.

In Kooyong, 76.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.5%, Malaysia 1.2%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.1% and France 1.0%.

In Kooyong, 60.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kooyong were Anglican 24.0%, Catholic 23.0%, No Religion 21.6%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Judaism 8.0%.

In Kooyong 85.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.0%, French 1.9%, Cantonese 1.6%, Spanish 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kooyong. Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kooyong, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kooyong was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Kooyong included Professionals 41.6%, Managers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5% and Labourers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Kooyong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Medical Services 6.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.0% and Hospitals 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kooyong was $942.

In Kooyong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.7%, Train 10.9%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 2.2% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 16.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kooyong, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.5% 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 Kooyong, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kooyong, 52.7% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Kooyong 36.8% of single parents were male and 63.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kooyong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,531 and those without children was $3,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Kooyong, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kooyong, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kooyong, 52.1% were separate houses, 23.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 23.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Kooyong, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 28.3% had 2 bedrooms and 35.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kooyong, 48.5% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kooyong, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Kooyong, 13.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.5% 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 Kooyong, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kooyong, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Kooyong, 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 Kooyong, 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.