since the 2010 federal election. Prior to this, it had been held by Australian Labor Party members since the Federation of Australia in 1901. There are two polling booths in Kensington, one at Kensington Primary School, the other at Holy Rosary School. In the 2013 Australian Federal Election Adam Bandt won both booths by a significant margin. Places of worship Holy Rosary, a Catholic church, is located in Gower St. A former Anglican church on Epsom Road was purchased by the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne, and was established as the Church of St Mary, the first Coptic Orthodox church in Melbourne. Inner West Anglican Church, formed in 2015, meets in the Kensington Community Recreation Centre in Altona Street. Demographics According to the 2016 census, Kensington had 10,812 residents. The suburb's median age was 33, with an average of 2.2 people per household, earning a median weekly income of $1,956. A review conducted by the City of Melbourne in 2009 following the alteration of the council boundary found that the suburb's population was growing at approximately 1% per annum, amongst the slowest-growing in the municipality. Approximately 10% of residents were university students, the lowest proportion in the municipality. The most common type of household in the area was single-person (30%), however there are more than 2,200 families in the area, with the highest concentration of couples with children in the City of Melbourne. The majority of residents (61.2%) were born in Australia and approximately 29.5% spoke a language other than English at home, mostly Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese. The median household income for Kensington was $1,956 per week, higher than the Victoria median of $1,419. The most common occupations were professionals, managers, and clerical and administrative workers. Approximately two-thirds (65.7%) of residents reported working full-time, and a further 25.5% worked part-time work. Unemployment was below the national average at 4.9%. About half (50.8%) of the residents worked 40 or more hours per week. Nearly nine in ten households (87%) of households had internet access from their dwelling. Built environment Housing Kensington's housing is primarily medium density, a mix of semi-detached row or terrace houses, apartments, and public housing. There were approximately 4,900 private dwellings in the suburb. At the 2016 census, 91.6% of dwellings in the suburb were occupied. The average number of bedrooms per dwelling (2.3) is lower than the state average. The median rent in the suburb is