Kensington Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,340 people in Kensington Gardens of these 45.4% were male and 54.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Kensington Gardens was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.3% of the population.

Of people in Kensington Gardens aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kensington Gardens was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kensington Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kensington Gardens was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Kensington Gardens 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 34.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kensington Gardens were English 25.9%, Australian 21.9%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.6% and Italian 6.6%.

In Kensington Gardens, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.1%, Italy 2.4%, Malaysia 1.9% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.6%.

In Kensington Gardens, 49.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kensington Gardens were No Religion 26.8%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Eastern Orthodox 2.8%.

In Kensington Gardens 74.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.1%, Italian 3.7%, Cantonese 2.5%, Korean 1.5% and Greek 1.3%.

Employment

There were 1,175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kensington Gardens. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kensington Gardens, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Kensington Gardens included Professionals 36.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Managers 13.1%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Kensington Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.7% and Allied Health Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kensington Gardens was $640.

In Kensington Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Bus 9.5%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Bicycle 2.3% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 10.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kensington Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Gardens, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kensington Gardens, 40.8% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Kensington Gardens 28.1% of single parents were male and 71.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kensington Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,149 and those without children was $2,197.

Employment status of couple families

In Kensington Gardens, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% 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 Kensington Gardens, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kensington Gardens, 48.5% were separate houses, 13.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 37.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kensington Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 45.5% had 2 bedrooms and 31.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kensington Gardens, 37.9% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kensington Gardens, of all households, 57.4% were family households, 39.5% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Kensington Gardens, 28.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.8% 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 Kensington Gardens, 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kensington Gardens, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,983.

In Kensington Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,000.