Kingston On Murray

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 645 people in Kingston On Murray of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Kingston On Murray was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Kingston On Murray aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kingston On Murray was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Kingston On Murray, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kingston On Murray was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Kingston On Murray 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kingston On Murray were Australian 28.4%, English 28.4%, German 11.1%, Scottish 5.3% and Irish 4.5%.

In Kingston On Murray, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Greece 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Canada 0.5% and Cuba 0.5%.

In Kingston On Murray, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kingston On Murray were No Religion 30.2%, Anglican 14.3%, Catholic 12.4%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Lutheran 9.3%.

In Kingston On Murray 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.2%, Italian 1.1%, Punjabi 0.9%, Polish 0.6% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 291 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kingston On Murray. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kingston On Murray, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kingston On Murray was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Kingston On Murray included Managers 23.3%, Labourers 23.0%, Professionals 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Kingston On Murray, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 17.8%, Beverage Manufacturing 10.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.2%, School Education 5.2% and Hospitals 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kingston On Murray was $434.

In Kingston On Murray, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Walked only 7.4%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. 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 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kingston On Murray, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 Kingston On Murray, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kingston On Murray, 33.9% were couple families with children, 55.6% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Kingston On Murray 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kingston On Murray, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,575 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Kingston On Murray, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kingston On Murray, 83.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston On Murray, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Kingston On Murray, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston On Murray, 39.5% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 19.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Kingston On Murray, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Kingston On Murray, 39.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Kingston On Murray, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kingston On Murray, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Kingston On Murray, 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 $900.

In Kingston On Murray, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $500.