Kennington

14.8% of Kennington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,419 family households lived in Kennington; 34.2% were couple families and 19.0% were one-parent families.

34.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Kennington had 5,880 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 77.3% of occupied private dwellings in Kennington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

36.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

24.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Kennington had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.8%, while 16.3% had four or more usual residents.

14.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

61.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 42.1% of the total.

49.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.3% reported a different address.

12.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

85.4% of residents used only English at home.

9.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

12.3% of Kennington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.7% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.5% of ancestry responses in Kennington.

Australian ancestry made up 37.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

27.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.1%.

Median household income was $1,371 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 14.1% in Kennington, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 38.9% in Kennington, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..