Kinglake Central

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Kinglake Central of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Kinglake Central was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Kinglake Central aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kinglake Central was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Kinglake Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kinglake Central was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Kinglake Central 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.7% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kinglake Central were English 34.3%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 5.9% and Italian 5.1%.

In Kinglake Central, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Greece 1.4%, Italy 1.4%, Argentina 1.1% and Canada 1.1%.

In Kinglake Central, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kinglake Central were No Religion 40.8%, Catholic 17.7%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

In Kinglake Central 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, Greek 1.4%, Spanish 1.1%, Hungarian 1.1% and Slovene 1.1%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kinglake Central. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kinglake Central, 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kinglake Central was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Kinglake Central included Managers 25.9%, Professionals 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Labourers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Kinglake Central, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kinglake Central was $533.

In Kinglake Central, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Truck 4.3%, Train, tram, car as passenger 3.6%, Car, as passenger 2.9% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kinglake Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.2% 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, 31.4% 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 Kinglake Central, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kinglake Central, 46.3% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Kinglake Central 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kinglake Central, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Kinglake Central, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kinglake Central, 79.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kinglake Central, 94.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

In Kinglake Central, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 7.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kinglake Central, 41.0% were owned outright, 44.0% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kinglake Central, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kinglake Central, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Kinglake Central, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kinglake Central, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Kinglake Central, 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 Kinglake Central, 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.