Kensington Park Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Kensington Park (5068) is a suburb of Adelaide, Eastern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 5 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Kensington Park is in the federal electorate of Sturt.

In the 2011 census the population of Kensington Park was 2,492 and is comprised of approximately 51.1% females and 48.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kensington Park is 39 years of age.

70.8% of people living in the suburb of Kensington Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.5% England, 3.4% China , 2.4% Italy, 2.0% Malaysia, 1.2% India, 0.9% Korea, Republic of , 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.7% Vietnam, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Greece, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Indonesia.

77.6% of people living in Kensington Park speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.7% Italian, 3.3% Mandarin, 2.6% Cantonese, 2.0% Greek, 1.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Other, 0.9% Korean, 0.6% Vietnamese, 0.6% Other.

The religious makeup of Kensington Park is 31.8% No religion, 25.0% Catholic, 13.2% Anglican, 6.3% Uniting Church, 5.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Eastern Orthodox, 2.8% Buddhism, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Lutheran, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed.

47.8% of people are married, 36.4% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 91 widowed people living in Kensington Park.

54.6% of the people living in Kensington Park over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.1% are working on a part time basis. Kensington Park has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Kensington Park are 37.1% Professionals, 15.7% Managers, 12.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.4% Sales workers, 9.7% Community & personal service workers, 6.5% Technicians & trades workers, 4.1% Labourers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.6% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Kensington Park work in are 19.0% Health care and social assistance, 11.9% Education and training, 10.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.3% Retail trade, 7.1% Accommodation and food services, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Manufacturing, 4.5% Construction, 3.9% Financial and insurance services.

40.1% of homes are fully owned, and 30.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $657 per week and the median household income is $1429 per week.

The median rent in Kensington Park is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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