Kettering (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 308 people in Kettering (L) of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Kettering (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.6% of the population.

Of people in Kettering (L) aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kettering (L) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Kettering (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kettering (L) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Kettering (L) 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kettering (L) were Australian 38.3%, English 34.3%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 5.7% and German 4.2%.

In Kettering (L), 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.6%, Scotland 2.0%, South Africa 1.6% and Thailand 1.6%.

In Kettering (L), 73.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kettering (L) were No Religion 41.9%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Pentecostal 3.6%.

In Kettering (L) 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 1.0%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kettering (L). Of these 43.2% were employed full time, 42.6% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kettering (L), 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kettering (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Kettering (L) included Professionals 22.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Labourers 6.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7% and Managers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Kettering (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.6%, Scientific Research Services 4.2%, School Education 4.2%, Aquaculture 3.5% and Central Government Administration 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kettering (L) was $569.

In Kettering (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Bus 2.9%, Other 2.1% and Bus, car as passenger 2.1%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kettering (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.5% 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 Kettering (L), 33.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kettering (L), 30.3% were couple families with children, 48.5% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Kettering (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kettering (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,042 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Kettering (L), of couple families with children, 10.7% had both partners employed full-time, 12.0% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kettering (L), 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kettering (L), 94.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Kettering (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kettering (L), 37.2% were owned outright, 42.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Kettering (L), of all households, 77.7% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Kettering (L), 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Kettering (L), 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kettering (L), there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 20.0%) were male and 16 (or 80.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Kettering (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Kettering (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.