Kirwans Bridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 202 people in Kirwans Bridge of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Kirwans Bridge was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 31.7% of the population.

Of people in Kirwans Bridge aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kirwans Bridge was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Kirwans Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kirwans Bridge was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 58 years.

In Kirwans Bridge 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.1% were in primary school, 9.4% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kirwans Bridge were English 28.1%, Australian 25.5%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.7% and German 3.4%.

In Kirwans Bridge, 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 4.4%, England 3.4%, Malta 1.5% and Thailand 1.5%.

In Kirwans Bridge, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kirwans Bridge were No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 23.9%, Catholic 20.4%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Kirwans Bridge 80.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 1.5%.

Employment

There were 80 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kirwans Bridge. Of these 48.8% were employed full time, 47.5% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kirwans Bridge, 20.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kirwans Bridge was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Kirwans Bridge included Managers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Professionals 11.5%, Labourers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Kirwans Bridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.0%, Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 5.1%, Building Installation Services 5.1%, Employment Services 5.1% and Packaging Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kirwans Bridge was $420.

In Kirwans Bridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Taxi 3.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Truck 3.8% and Walked only 3.8%. 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 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kirwans Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.4% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.5% 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 Kirwans Bridge, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kirwans Bridge, 17.5% were couple families with children, 68.3% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Kirwans Bridge 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kirwans Bridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Kirwans Bridge, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kirwans Bridge, 62.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kirwans Bridge, 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 Kirwans Bridge, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.4% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kirwans Bridge, 59.0% were owned outright, 16.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Kirwans Bridge, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Kirwans Bridge, 31.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.4% 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 Kirwans Bridge, 19.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kirwans Bridge, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Kirwans Bridge, 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 Kirwans Bridge, 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.