Kin Kin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 694 people in Kin Kin of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Kin Kin was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Kin Kin aged 15 years and over, 47.4% were married and 21.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kin Kin was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Kin Kin, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kin Kin was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Kin Kin 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kin Kin were English 32.7%, Australian 22.9%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.8%.

In Kin Kin, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.4%, Netherlands 1.4%, Denmark 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Kin Kin, 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kin Kin were No Religion 33.9%, Anglican 14.6%, Catholic 14.0%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In Kin Kin 87.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.3%, German 0.7%, Danish 0.7%, Spanish 0.4% and Indonesian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 278 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kin Kin. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 36.3% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kin Kin, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kin Kin was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Kin Kin included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.1%, Managers 16.0%, Professionals 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Labourers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Kin Kin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Allied Health Services 5.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.6%, School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 4.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kin Kin was $403.

In Kin Kin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.4%, Walked only 3.8%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Truck 3.4% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kin Kin, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% 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, 24.6% 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 Kin Kin, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kin Kin, 40.6% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Kin Kin 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kin Kin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,321 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Kin Kin, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kin Kin, 82.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kin Kin, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Kin Kin, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kin Kin, 43.7% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Kin Kin, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Kin Kin, 40.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Kin Kin, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kin Kin, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Kin Kin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Kin Kin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,777.