Kinglake West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,066 people in Kinglake West of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Kinglake West was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.9% of the population.

Of people in Kinglake West aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kinglake West was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kinglake West, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kinglake West was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Kinglake West 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kinglake West were Australian 30.9%, English 30.1%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.4%.

In Kinglake West, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.7% and Italy 0.6%.

In Kinglake West, 69.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kinglake West were No Religion 37.5%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Kinglake West 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, Italian 0.8%, Spanish 0.5%, German 0.4% and Russian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 534 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kinglake West. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kinglake West, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kinglake West was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Kinglake West included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.0%, Professionals 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Managers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Kinglake West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Building Installation Services 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.2%, Hospitals 2.8% and Building Completion Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kinglake West was $563.

In Kinglake West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.8%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 1.6%, Train, car as driver 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kinglake West, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.0% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Kinglake West, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kinglake West, 60.4% were couple families with children, 27.6% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Kinglake West 24.2% of single parents were male and 75.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kinglake West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,940 and those without children was $2,023.

Employment status of couple families

In Kinglake West, of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kinglake West, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kinglake West, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Kinglake West, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kinglake West, 32.9% were owned outright, 60.1% were owned with a mortgage and 3.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Kinglake West, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Kinglake West, 17.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Kinglake West, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kinglake West, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 8 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Kinglake 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 $1,733.