Kingston

17.7% of Kingston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

3,332 family households lived in Kingston; 40.9% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

39.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

Kingston had 12,288 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 89.2% of occupied private dwellings in Kingston.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

36.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.8% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

The average household in Kingston had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.3% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 23.2% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

62.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

5.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

One-car households formed 38.9% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.1% reported a different address.

26.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

78.4% of residents used only English at home.

18.6% used a language other than English at home.

7.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

26.6% of Kingston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.4% was born in Australia.

6.5% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.4% of ancestry responses in Kingston.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.3% of responses.

24.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.1%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

59.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.0%.

Median household income was $1,517 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Kingston, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 34.0% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 29.8% in Kingston, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.