Katandra West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 747 people in Katandra West of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Katandra West was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Katandra West aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Katandra West, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% 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 Katandra West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Katandra West 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 35.2% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Katandra West were Australian 37.3%, English 31.5%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 3.4%.

In Katandra West, 92.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 1.1%, Greece 0.5%, England 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Katandra West, 84.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Katandra West were Catholic 26.1%, Uniting Church 21.0%, No Religion 20.6%, Anglican 15.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Katandra West 97.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 395 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Katandra West. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Katandra West, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Katandra West was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Katandra West included Managers 23.7%, Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Labourers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Katandra West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 12.4%, Hospitals 6.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.1%, School Education 4.7% and Residential Care Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Katandra West was $488.

In Katandra West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Walked only 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Truck 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Katandra West, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% 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, 28.9% 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 Katandra West, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Katandra West, 51.7% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Katandra West 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Katandra West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,531.

Employment status of couple families

In Katandra West, of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Katandra West, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Katandra West, 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 Katandra West, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 61.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Katandra West, 33.2% were owned outright, 48.8% were owned with a mortgage and 12.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Katandra West, of all households, 79.3% were family households, 19.1% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Katandra West, 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Katandra West, 23.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Katandra West, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 53.3%) were male and 7 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Katandra West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Katandra West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,820.