Kadina

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,742 people were counted in Kadina: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina there were 813 children aged 0-14 years and 1,082 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, 3,468 people were Australian citizens, 230 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, 57.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 9.1% were widowed and 23.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, 87.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kadina were England 3.4%, Scotland 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4%, New Zealand 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Kadina on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Uniting Church 30.0%, No Religion 21.8%, Catholic 10.1%, Anglican 9.6% and Lutheran 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.2%, French 0.1%, Netherlandic 0.1%, German 0.1% and Maltese 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,455 people aged 15 years and over in Kadina were in the labour force. Of these 54.2% worked full-time, 33.7% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.4% were unemployed. 1,259 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.8%, Associate Professionals 5.8%, Professionals 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.7%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kadina, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Education 3.4%, Health Services 3.2% and Motor Vehicle Retailing and Services 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, 1,043 families were counted: of these, 44.2% were couple families without children, 40.9% were couple families with children, 13.8% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, 1,520 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kadina, 90.5% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, 48.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.5% were being purchased and 20.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 12.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 29.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 56.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kadina, 68.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.