Ku-ring-gai

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 73,975 people in Ku-ring-gai of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Ku-ring-gai was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Ku-ring-gai aged 15 years and over, 59.5% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ku-ring-gai was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Ku-ring-gai, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ku-ring-gai was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Ku-ring-gai 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 24.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ku-ring-gai were English 25.0%, Australian 21.3%, Chinese 9.2%, Irish 7.7% and Scottish 7.1%.

In Ku-ring-gai, 59.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.2%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.5%, India 2.3% and South Africa 2.3%.

In Ku-ring-gai, 39.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ku-ring-gai were Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 22.0%, No Religion 22.0%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Ku-ring-gai 71.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 4.6%, Mandarin 4.5%, Korean 3.0%, Persian (excluding Dari) 1.2% and Hindi 1.1%.

Employment

There were 36,136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ku-ring-gai. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ku-ring-gai, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ku-ring-gai was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Ku-ring-gai included Professionals 38.8%, Managers 19.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.1%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Ku-ring-gai, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.7%, Hospitals 3.9% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ku-ring-gai was $779.

In Ku-ring-gai, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.6%, Train 19.3%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Walked only 3.0% and Train, car as driver 2.7%. On the day, 26.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ku-ring-gai, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Ku-ring-gai, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ku-ring-gai, 54.3% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Ku-ring-gai 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ku-ring-gai, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,305 and those without children was $2,748.

Employment status of couple families

In Ku-ring-gai, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ku-ring-gai, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ku-ring-gai, 66.9% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ku-ring-gai, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 31.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ku-ring-gai, 40.2% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ku-ring-gai, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Ku-ring-gai, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.7% 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 Ku-ring-gai, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ku-ring-gai, there were 140 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 62 (or 44.3%) were male and 78 (or 55.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Ku-ring-gai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,463.

In Ku-ring-gai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,900.