Kings Meadows

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,371 people in Kings Meadows of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Kings Meadows was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.4% of the population.

Of people in Kings Meadows aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kings Meadows was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Kings Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kings Meadows was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Kings Meadows 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 21.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kings Meadows were Australian 35.5%, English 34.0%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 5.7% and German 2.4%.

In Kings Meadows, 86.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, Scotland 0.7%, Italy 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Kings Meadows, 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kings Meadows were Anglican 28.3%, No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Kings Meadows 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Swahili 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Polish 0.3%, Indonesian 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,546 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kings Meadows. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kings Meadows, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kings Meadows was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Kings Meadows included Professionals 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Kings Meadows, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, School Education 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.3%, Hospitals 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kings Meadows was $452.

In Kings Meadows, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Walked only 4.7%, Bus 1.8% and Taxi 0.8%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kings Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Kings Meadows, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kings Meadows, 36.5% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In Kings Meadows 13.4% of single parents were male and 86.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kings Meadows, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,864 and those without children was $1,723.

Employment status of couple families

In Kings Meadows, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kings Meadows, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Meadows, 89.1% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kings Meadows, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 26.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kings Meadows, 33.6% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Kings Meadows, of all households, 61.1% were family households, 35.2% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Kings Meadows, 37.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Kings Meadows, 40.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kings Meadows, there were 91 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 50 (or 54.9%) were male and 41 (or 45.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Kings Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,055.

In Kings Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $267 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.