Kingston Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,004 people in Kingston Beach of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Kingston Beach was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Kingston Beach aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kingston Beach was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kingston Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kingston Beach was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Kingston Beach 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 25.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kingston Beach were English 34.8%, Australian 28.7%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 7.6% and Dutch 4.2%.

In Kingston Beach, 74.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, Netherlands 2.5%, South Africa 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Scotland 1.5%.

In Kingston Beach, 58.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kingston Beach were No Religion 33.9%, Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 17.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7% and Christian, nfd 4.6%.

In Kingston Beach 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.7%, Spanish 0.7%, German 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.3% and Persian (excluding Dari) 0.3%.

Employment

There were 981 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kingston Beach. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kingston Beach, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Kingston Beach included Professionals 34.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Managers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Kingston Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, State Government Administration 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.3% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kingston Beach was $633.

In Kingston Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Bus 6.5%, Walked only 3.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kingston Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% 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 Beach, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kingston Beach, 36.7% were couple families with children, 47.3% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Kingston Beach 22.4% of single parents were male and 77.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kingston Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,403 and those without children was $2,054.

Employment status of couple families

In Kingston Beach, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kingston Beach, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston Beach, 87.2% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kingston Beach, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kingston Beach, 44.7% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Kingston Beach, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Kingston Beach, 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.1% 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 Beach, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kingston Beach, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 51.0%) were male and 25 (or 49.0%) 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 Kingston Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Kingston Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.