Kairi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 460 people in Kairi of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Kairi was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Kairi aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kairi was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Kairi, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kairi was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Kairi 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kairi were Australian 30.6%, English 25.2%, Italian 10.6%, Irish 9.5% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Kairi, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 0.6%, South Africa 0.6% and Zimbabwe 0.6%.

In Kairi, 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kairi were Catholic 33.1%, No Religion 22.3%, Anglican 13.9%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Kairi 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 213 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kairi. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kairi, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kairi was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Kairi included Managers 25.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Professionals 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 7.9% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Kairi, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0%, Other Crop Growing 5.5%, Residential Building Construction 5.5% and Road Freight Transport 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kairi was $437.

In Kairi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.5%, Walked only 6.5%, Truck 5.5%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Bicycle 2.0%. 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 54.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kairi, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Kairi, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kairi, 39.7% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Kairi 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kairi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Kairi, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kairi, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kairi, 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 Kairi, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% 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 Kairi, 44.0% were owned outright, 29.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Kairi, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Kairi, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Kairi, 31.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kairi, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 47.1%) were male and 9 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Kairi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Kairi, 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.