Kin Kora

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,686 people in Kin Kora of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Kin Kora was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Kin Kora aged 15 years and over, 52.8% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kin Kora was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kin Kora, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kin Kora was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Kin Kora 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.1% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kin Kora were Australian 31.7%, English 27.8%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.9% and German 5.6%.

In Kin Kora, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.9%, England 1.3%, Philippines 0.9%, South Africa 0.6% and India 0.4%.

In Kin Kora, 76.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kin Kora were Catholic 23.8%, No Religion 23.4%, Anglican 20.4%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Kin Kora 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.4%, Russian 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Sinhalese 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,445 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kin Kora. Of these 70.2% were employed full time, 21.4% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kin Kora, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kin Kora was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Kin Kora included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Professionals 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Labourers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Kin Kora, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 9.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.6%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kin Kora was $805.

In Kin Kora, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Bus 2.5%, Walked only 2.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kin Kora, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Kin Kora, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kin Kora, 50.7% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Kin Kora 26.5% of single parents were male and 73.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kin Kora, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,649 and those without children was $2,439.

Employment status of couple families

In Kin Kora, of couple families with children, 31.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kin Kora, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kin Kora, 87.8% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kin Kora, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kin Kora, 26.6% were owned outright, 43.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Kin Kora, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 14.1% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Kin Kora, 10.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.8% 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 Kin Kora, 23.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kin Kora, there were 109 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 51 (or 46.8%) were male and 58 (or 53.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Kora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,957.

In Kin Kora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.