Kensington Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,492 people in Kensington Park of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kensington Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Kensington Park aged 15 years and over, 47.9% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kensington Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Kensington Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kensington Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Kensington Park 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 27.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kensington Park were English 25.6%, Australian 22.4%, Italian 9.7%, Scottish 6.7% and Irish 6.4%.

In Kensington Park, 70.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.4%, Italy 2.4%, Malaysia 2.0% and India 1.2%.

In Kensington Park, 48.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kensington Park were No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 13.2%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Eastern Orthodox 4.2%.

In Kensington Park 77.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.7%, Mandarin 3.4%, Cantonese 2.6%, Greek 2.0% and Korean 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,358 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kensington Park. Of these 54.6% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kensington Park, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kensington Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Kensington Park included Professionals 36.9%, Managers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.5%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Kensington Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Hospitals 5.6%, Medical Services 3.9% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kensington Park was $657.

In Kensington Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Bus 8.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 4.4% and Bicycle 2.9%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kensington Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% 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, 24.8% 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 Park, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kensington Park, 47.9% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Kensington Park 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kensington Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,071 and those without children was $2,261.

Employment status of couple families

In Kensington Park, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 25.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kensington Park, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kensington Park, 70.2% were separate houses, 16.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Kensington Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 29.8% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kensington Park, 40.3% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Kensington Park, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Kensington Park, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.9% 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 Kensington Park, 40.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kensington Park, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Kensington Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Kensington Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $186 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.