Kitchener

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 530 people in Kitchener of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Kitchener was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Kitchener aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kitchener was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kitchener, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kitchener was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Kitchener 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.6% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kitchener were Australian 36.7%, English 30.9%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 5.1% and German 3.7%.

In Kitchener, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, Philippines 0.8%, Indonesia 0.6%, Ireland 0.6% and Samoa 0.6%.

In Kitchener, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kitchener were Anglican 28.2%, No Religion 20.8%, Catholic 16.1%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Kitchener 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, Indonesian 0.8%, Tagalog 0.8% and Lao 0.6%.

Employment

There were 234 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kitchener. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kitchener, 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kitchener was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Kitchener included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Professionals 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Labourers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Managers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Kitchener, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 10.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1% and Residential Care Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kitchener was $415.

In Kitchener, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Truck 5.0%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Bus 1.4% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kitchener, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 17.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.1% 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 Kitchener, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kitchener, 44.6% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Kitchener 22.9% of single parents were male and 77.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kitchener, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Kitchener, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kitchener, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kitchener, 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 Kitchener, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kitchener, 39.3% were owned outright, 38.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Kitchener, of all households, 80.9% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Kitchener, 30.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Kitchener, 22.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kitchener, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 65.0%) were male and 7 (or 35.0%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Kitchener, 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 $700.

In Kitchener, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.