Kensington Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,480 people in Kensington Grove of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Kensington Grove was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Kensington Grove aged 15 years and over, 59.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kensington Grove was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Kensington Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kensington Grove was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Kensington Grove 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.2% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kensington Grove were English 30.4%, Australian 30.3%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 7.0% and German 6.0%.

In Kensington Grove, 79.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 3.1%, Philippines 1.1%, Wales 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Kensington Grove, 67.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kensington Grove were Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 19.1%, Catholic 18.6%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Lutheran 4.8%.

In Kensington Grove 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.2%, Danish 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Croatian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 644 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kensington Grove. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kensington Grove, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Kensington Grove included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Labourers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Professionals 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Managers 8.8% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Kensington Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.1%, School Education 4.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kensington Grove was $548.

In Kensington Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 2.5%, Other 1.2% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kensington Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.0% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Kensington Grove, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kensington Grove, 46.1% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Kensington Grove 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kensington Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,169 and those without children was $1,714.

Employment status of couple families

In Kensington Grove, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kensington Grove, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kensington Grove, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kensington Grove, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kensington Grove, 22.7% were owned outright, 61.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Kensington Grove, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Kensington Grove, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Kensington Grove, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kensington Grove, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 52.5%) were male and 19 (or 47.5%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Kensington Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Kensington Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.