Kialla West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 432 people in Kialla West of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Kialla West was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Kialla West aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kialla West was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Kialla West, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kialla West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Kialla West 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kialla West were Australian 36.0%, English 29.1%, Scottish 10.1%, Irish 7.7% and New Zealander 1.9%.

In Kialla West, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.6% and Philippines 1.2%.

In Kialla West, 84.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kialla West were No Religion 26.1%, Catholic 18.1%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In Kialla West 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 211 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kialla West. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kialla West, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kialla West was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Kialla West included Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Managers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0% and Labourers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Kialla West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.1%, Fruit and Vegetable Processing 5.1%, Residential Care Services 5.1%, Building Installation Services 4.6% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kialla West was $565.

In Kialla West, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 2.5% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kialla West, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.4% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Kialla West, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kialla West, 59.8% were couple families with children, 29.5% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Kialla West 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kialla West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,974 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Kialla West, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 8.7% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kialla West, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kialla 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 Kialla West, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kialla West, 36.3% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 13.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Kialla West, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 10.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Kialla West, 16.1% 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 Kialla West, 15.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kialla West, 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 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 Kialla West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Kialla 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 $0.