King Scrub

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 497 people in King Scrub of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in King Scrub was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in King Scrub aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in King Scrub was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In King Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in King Scrub was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In King Scrub 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.0% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in King Scrub were English 35.4%, Australian 25.7%, Irish 12.7%, Scottish 8.3% and German 7.6%.

In King Scrub, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, Canada 0.8%, Indonesia 0.8%, Ireland 0.6% and Jersey 0.6%.

In King Scrub, 70.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in King Scrub were No Religion 24.8%, Catholic 24.0%, Anglican 20.8%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4%.

In King Scrub 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.6% and French 0.6%.

Employment

There were 287 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in King Scrub. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in King Scrub, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in King Scrub was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in King Scrub included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.6%, Professionals 15.2%, Managers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Labourers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in King Scrub, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Hospitals 4.1%, Building Completion Services 3.3%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.3% and Local Government Administration 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in King Scrub was $769.

In King Scrub, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Walked only 3.7%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Train, car as driver 2.6% and Truck 1.5%. 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 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In King Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.4% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 King Scrub, 32.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in King Scrub, 53.1% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 5.4% were one parent families.

In King Scrub 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In King Scrub, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,700 and those without children was $2,449.

Employment status of couple families

In King Scrub, of couple families with children, 27.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In King Scrub, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in King Scrub, 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 King Scrub, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 26.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in King Scrub, 30.8% were owned outright, 58.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented.

Household composition

In King Scrub, of all households, 90.9% were family households, 9.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In King Scrub, 8.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.9% 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 King Scrub, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In King Scrub, 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 36 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 King Scrub, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In King Scrub, 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.