Kiels Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 657 people in Kiels Mountain of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Kiels Mountain was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Kiels Mountain aged 15 years and over, 60.5% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kiels Mountain was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Kiels Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kiels Mountain was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Kiels Mountain 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 30.8% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kiels Mountain were English 30.7%, Australian 28.7%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 8.7% and German 4.4%.

In Kiels Mountain, 78.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 4.7%, Scotland 1.7%, Germany 1.2% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Kiels Mountain, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kiels Mountain were No Religion 21.9%, Anglican 21.4%, Catholic 18.5%, Christian, nfd 7.3% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Kiels Mountain 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Cantonese 1.1%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Japanese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 343 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kiels Mountain. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kiels Mountain, 15.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kiels Mountain was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Kiels Mountain included Professionals 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Managers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Kiels Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Hospitals 4.6%, Accommodation 3.4%, Medical Services 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kiels Mountain was $521.

In Kiels Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 3.4%, Other 1.5% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kiels Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Kiels Mountain, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kiels Mountain, 47.1% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Kiels Mountain 34.6% of single parents were male and 65.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kiels Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,100 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Kiels Mountain, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kiels Mountain, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kiels Mountain, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kiels Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kiels Mountain, 39.0% were owned outright, 47.9% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Kiels Mountain, of all households, 84.7% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Kiels Mountain, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Kiels Mountain, 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kiels Mountain, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (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 Kiels Mountain, 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 $1,066.

In Kiels Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.