Kingaroy

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,147 people were counted in Kingaroy: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy there were 1,657 children aged 0-14 years and 1,720 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, 6,678 people were Australian citizens, 502 were born overseas and 45 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, 52.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 8.8% were widowed and 27.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, 88.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kingaroy were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.3%, Philippines 0.3% and Germany 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Kingaroy on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 19.8%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 12.4%, No Religion 12.1% and Lutheran 7.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2%, Spanish 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2% and Italian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,176 people aged 15 years and over in Kingaroy were in the labour force. Of these 59.0% worked full-time, 31.0% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.3% were unemployed. 2,069 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.3%, Professionals 7.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.7%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.3%, Managers and Administrators 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kingaroy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.7%, Food Retailing 4.0%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 4.0%, Health Services 3.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, 1,851 families were counted: of these, 39.1% were couple families without children, 41.6% were couple families with children, 17.6% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, 2,779 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kingaroy, 85.2% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.3% were being purchased and 33.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 11.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kingaroy, 66.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.6% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.