Kumbia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 352 people in Kumbia of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kumbia was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.4% of the population.

Of people in Kumbia aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kumbia was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Kumbia, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kumbia was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Kumbia 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 6.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kumbia were Australian 26.2%, English 26.2%, German 14.8%, Irish 9.4% and Scottish 7.4%.

In Kumbia, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, Germany 1.1%, France 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Kumbia, 83.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kumbia were Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 17.5%, Lutheran 14.7%, Uniting Church 12.7% and No Religion 7.3%.

In Kumbia 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.1%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kumbia. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kumbia, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kumbia was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Kumbia included Managers 29.0%, Labourers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Professionals 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Kumbia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 9.6%, School Education 8.9%, Other Crop Growing 4.8% and Fuel Retailing 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kumbia was $380.

In Kumbia, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.7%, Walked only 9.6%, Car, as passenger 8.2% and Truck 2.1%. 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 57.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kumbia, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.0% 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 Kumbia, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kumbia, 29.5% were couple families with children, 55.7% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Kumbia 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kumbia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $966.

Employment status of couple families

In Kumbia, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kumbia, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kumbia, 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Kumbia, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kumbia, 47.1% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Kumbia, of all households, 62.0% were family households, 35.0% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Kumbia, 37.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Kumbia, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kumbia, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 66.7%) were male and 4 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Kumbia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Kumbia, 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.