Kennington Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Kennington (3550) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria. It is about 131 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Kennington is in the federal electorate of Bendigo.

In the 2011 census the population of Kennington was 5,830 and is comprised of approximately 53.4% females and 46.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kennington is 40 years of age.

85.2% of people living in the suburb of Kennington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.8% England, 1.0% China , 0.7% India, 0.7% Burma , 0.6% Thailand, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Scotland, 0.2% South Africa.

88.6% of people living in Kennington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Other, 1.0% Mandarin, 0.5% Hindi, 0.5% Italian, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% German, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Sinhalese.

The religious makeup of Kennington is 29.8% Catholic, 22.4% No religion, 15.4% Anglican, 11.1% Uniting Church, 6.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Baptist, 1.4% Buddhism, 0.9% Other religious affiliation .

41.7% of people are married, 37.1% have never married and 8.0% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 494 widowed people living in Kennington.

55.3% of the people living in Kennington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.1% are working on a part time basis. Kennington has an unemployment rate of 5.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Kennington are 25.3% Professionals, 13.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.3% Community & personal service workers, 12.1% Technicians & trades workers, 11.6% Sales workers, 9.7% Managers, 9.3% Labourers, 5.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kennington work in are 17.2% Health care and social assistance, 12.0% Retail trade, 11.8% Education and training, 8.7% Manufacturing, 7.3% Construction, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 5.9% Public administration and safety, 5.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.8% Financial and insurance services.

36.6% of homes are fully owned, and 24.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $529 per week and the median household income is $990 per week.

The median rent in Kennington is $220 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

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