Kilaben Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,338 people in Kilaben Bay of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Kilaben Bay was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Kilaben Bay aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kilaben Bay was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kilaben Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kilaben Bay was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Kilaben Bay 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kilaben Bay were Australian 33.3%, English 32.8%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 8.5% and German 2.9%.

In Kilaben Bay, 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.8%, Italy 0.7%, Zimbabwe 0.6% and Canada 0.5%.

In Kilaben Bay, 70.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kilaben Bay were Anglican 29.1%, Catholic 25.1%, No Religion 17.0%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Kilaben Bay 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.6%, Slovak 0.4%, German 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 701 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kilaben Bay. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kilaben Bay, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kilaben Bay was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Kilaben Bay included Professionals 22.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Kilaben Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.4% and Tertiary Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kilaben Bay was $589.

In Kilaben Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 1.8%, Bus 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kilaben Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Kilaben Bay, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kilaben Bay, 43.6% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Kilaben Bay 24.1% of single parents were male and 75.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kilaben Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,774 and those without children was $2,355.

Employment status of couple families

In Kilaben Bay, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kilaben Bay, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilaben Bay, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kilaben Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.8% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilaben Bay, 42.7% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Kilaben Bay, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 14.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Kilaben Bay, 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.6% 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 Kilaben Bay, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kilaben Bay, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 44.1%) were male and 19 (or 55.9%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Kilaben Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Kilaben Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,284.