Kingsthorpe

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,820 people in Kingsthorpe of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Kingsthorpe was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Kingsthorpe aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kingsthorpe was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kingsthorpe, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kingsthorpe was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Kingsthorpe 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.8% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kingsthorpe were Australian 35.8%, English 29.2%, German 8.6%, Irish 7.5% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Kingsthorpe, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.3%, India 0.3% and Isle of Man 0.2%.

In Kingsthorpe, 85.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kingsthorpe were Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 22.0%, No Religion 15.5%, Lutheran 7.0% and Uniting Church 6.5%.

In Kingsthorpe 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Norwegian 0.3%, Czech 0.3% and Cantonese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 908 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kingsthorpe. Of these 65.0% were employed full time, 23.9% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kingsthorpe, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kingsthorpe was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Kingsthorpe included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Labourers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Managers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Professionals 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Kingsthorpe, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.8%, Hospitals 4.4%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.1%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and School Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kingsthorpe was $564.

In Kingsthorpe, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.8%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 2.3%, Walked only 1.3% and Other 0.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kingsthorpe, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Kingsthorpe, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kingsthorpe, 43.3% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Kingsthorpe 11.3% of single parents were male and 88.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kingsthorpe, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,675.

Employment status of couple families

In Kingsthorpe, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kingsthorpe, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingsthorpe, 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 Kingsthorpe, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingsthorpe, 29.7% were owned outright, 50.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Kingsthorpe, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Kingsthorpe, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Kingsthorpe, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kingsthorpe, there were 65 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 47.7%) were male and 34 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Kingsthorpe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,656.

In Kingsthorpe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $975.