Kurralta Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,574 people in Kurralta Park of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kurralta Park was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Kurralta Park aged 15 years and over, 41.8% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kurralta Park was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Kurralta Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kurralta Park was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Kurralta Park 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.8% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 46.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kurralta Park were English 18.7%, Australian 18.0%, Chinese 8.4%, Indian 7.2% and Greek 5.4%.

In Kurralta Park, 53.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 8.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.3%, England 2.9%, Greece 1.9% and Malaysia 1.8%.

In Kurralta Park, 36.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kurralta Park were No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 18.8%, Eastern Orthodox 7.4%, Anglican 6.9% and Islam 6.2%.

In Kurralta Park 54.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.2%, Greek 5.7%, Arabic 2.3%, Punjabi 2.1% and Cantonese 2.0%.

Employment

There were 1,437 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kurralta Park. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kurralta Park, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kurralta Park was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Kurralta Park included Professionals 23.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Labourers 9.9%, Managers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Kurralta Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.4%, Hospitals 5.2%, Residential Care Services 4.0%, School Education 3.4% and State Government Administration 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kurralta Park was $556.

In Kurralta Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.1%, Bus 13.7%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 3.1% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 16.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kurralta Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Kurralta Park, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kurralta Park, 41.5% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Kurralta Park 28.4% of single parents were male and 71.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kurralta Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,941 and those without children was $1,823.

Employment status of couple families

In Kurralta Park, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kurralta Park, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kurralta Park, 44.1% were separate houses, 16.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 39.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kurralta Park, of occupied private dwellings 10.4% had 1 bedroom, 42.8% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kurralta Park, 21.9% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 45.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kurralta Park, of all households, 54.7% were family households, 34.9% were single person households and 10.4% were group households.

In Kurralta Park, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Kurralta Park, 46.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kurralta Park, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Kurralta Park, 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 $1,125.

In Kurralta Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.