Killarney Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,952 people in Killarney Vale of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Killarney Vale was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Killarney Vale aged 15 years and over, 42.6% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Killarney Vale was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Killarney Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Killarney Vale was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Killarney Vale 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Killarney Vale were Australian 34.8%, English 32.5%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.2% and German 2.2%.

In Killarney Vale, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.5%, Scotland 0.6%, Ireland 0.4% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Killarney Vale, 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Killarney Vale were Anglican 32.1%, Catholic 29.3%, No Religion 16.3%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Killarney Vale 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, Cantonese 0.2%, Arabic 0.2% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,085 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Killarney Vale. Of these 54.8% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Killarney Vale, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Killarney Vale was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Killarney Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Labourers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Professionals 12.3%, Managers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Killarney Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Residential Care Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, School Education 3.4% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Killarney Vale was $467.

In Killarney Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.8%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 2.0%, Truck 1.5% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Killarney Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Killarney Vale, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Killarney Vale, 38.0% were couple families with children, 34.8% were couple families without children and 25.4% were one parent families.

In Killarney Vale 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Killarney Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,889 and those without children was $1,683.

Employment status of couple families

In Killarney Vale, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Killarney Vale, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Killarney Vale, 90.7% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Killarney Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Killarney Vale, 32.9% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 27.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Killarney Vale, of all households, 73.0% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Killarney Vale, 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Killarney Vale, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Killarney Vale, there were 198 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 85 (or 42.9%) were male and 113 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Killarney Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,015.

In Killarney Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,817.