Kains Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 350 people in Kains Flat of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Kains Flat was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Kains Flat aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kains Flat was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Kains Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kains Flat was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Kains Flat 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.2% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kains Flat were English 33.2%, Australian 24.7%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 6.4% and German 3.5%.

In Kains Flat, 74.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 1.7%, Bulgaria 0.9%, Germany 0.9% and Northern Ireland 0.9%.

In Kains Flat, 68.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kains Flat were Anglican 29.4%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 19.7%, Baptist 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Kains Flat 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9%, French 0.9%, Slovene 0.9% and Thai 0.9%.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kains Flat. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kains Flat, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kains Flat was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Kains Flat included Managers 26.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Professionals 9.0%, Labourers 7.5%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Kains Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.5%, Coal Mining 8.3%, Residential Building Construction 5.3%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.0% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kains Flat was $373.

In Kains Flat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.4%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 3.8%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.1% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kains Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 Kains Flat, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kains Flat, 44.6% were couple families with children, 47.8% were couple families without children and 3.3% were one parent families.

In Kains Flat 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kains Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Kains Flat, of couple families with children, 14.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kains Flat, 64.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kains Flat, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kains Flat, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kains Flat, 50.4% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kains Flat, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 18.1% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Kains Flat, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Kains Flat, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kains Flat, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Kains Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Kains Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.