Kent Town

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,199 people in Kent Town of these 56.8% were male and 43.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kent Town was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Kent Town aged 15 years and over, 24.2% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kent Town was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kent Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 27.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kent Town was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Kent Town 39.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.1% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 42.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kent Town were English 26.3%, Australian 18.5%, Chinese 8.0%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 6.2%.

In Kent Town, 60.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.4%, Malaysia 4.1%, England 3.5%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.0% and India 2.0%.

In Kent Town, 46.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kent Town were No Religion 33.4%, Catholic 17.3%, Anglican 10.6%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Buddhism 4.1%.

In Kent Town 68.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.5%, Cantonese 3.9%, Greek 1.3%, Sinhalese 1.2% and Arabic 1.1%.

Employment

There were 640 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kent Town. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kent Town, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kent Town was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Kent Town included Professionals 35.7%, Managers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 7.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Kent Town, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.3%, School Education 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Allied Health Services 4.3% and Tertiary Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kent Town was $544.

In Kent Town, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.2%, Walked only 21.9%, Bus 7.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Bicycle 3.8%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kent Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.0% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Kent Town, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kent Town, 21.2% were couple families with children, 55.4% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In Kent Town 26.2% of single parents were male and 73.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kent Town, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,062 and those without children was $2,422.

Employment status of couple families

In Kent Town, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% 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 Kent Town, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kent Town, 10.9% were separate houses, 38.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 50.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Kent Town, of occupied private dwellings 16.7% had 1 bedroom, 51.9% had 2 bedrooms and 25.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kent Town, 16.7% were owned outright, 17.4% were owned with a mortgage and 61.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Kent Town, of all households, 42.2% were family households, 45.9% were single person households and 11.9% were group households.

In Kent Town, 33.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Kent Town, 48.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kent Town, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 64.3%) were male and 5 (or 35.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Kent Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Kent Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.