Kia Ora (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 501 people in Kia Ora (Qld) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Kia Ora (Qld) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Kia Ora (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 18.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kia Ora (Qld) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Kia Ora (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kia Ora (Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Kia Ora (Qld) 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 5.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kia Ora (Qld) were Australian 33.7%, English 28.7%, Scottish 7.3%, German 6.7% and Irish 6.1%.

In Kia Ora (Qld), 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.4%, United States of America 1.0%, Philippines 0.8% and Canada 0.6%.

In Kia Ora (Qld), 73.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kia Ora (Qld) were Anglican 21.4%, No Religion 21.0%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Kia Ora (Qld) 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6%, Finnish 0.6%, Spanish 0.6% and Hungarian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kia Ora (Qld). Of these 52.8% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kia Ora (Qld), 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kia Ora (Qld) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Kia Ora (Qld) included Managers 27.0%, Labourers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Professionals 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Kia Ora (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.9%, Other Wood Product Manufacturing 5.9%, Hospitals 5.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.8% and Other Crop Growing 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kia Ora (Qld) was $393.

In Kia Ora (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.7%, Walked only 7.0%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Other 2.1% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kia Ora (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Kia Ora (Qld), 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kia Ora (Qld), 27.7% were couple families with children, 56.7% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Kia Ora (Qld) 30.4% of single parents were male and 69.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kia Ora (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Kia Ora (Qld), of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kia Ora (Qld), 78.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kia Ora (Qld), 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Kia Ora (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kia Ora (Qld), 45.2% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Kia Ora (Qld), of all households, 72.7% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Kia Ora (Qld), 42.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Kia Ora (Qld), 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kia Ora (Qld), there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 78.6%) were male and 3 (or 21.4%) were female. The median age was 44 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Kia Ora (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Kia Ora (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,360.