Kilburn

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,102 people in Kilburn of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Kilburn was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Kilburn aged 15 years and over, 38.3% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kilburn was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Kilburn, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kilburn was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Kilburn 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 24.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kilburn were Australian 16.9%, English 16.6%, Vietnamese 6.3%, Indian 5.5% and Chinese 4.8%.

In Kilburn, 51.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 7.4%, Vietnam 5.6%, Afghanistan 3.9%, England 2.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0%.

In Kilburn, 32.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 58.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kilburn were Catholic 22.2%, No Religion 19.1%, Islam 9.7%, Buddhism 7.3% and Anglican 7.0%.

In Kilburn 48.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 7.5%, Greek 2.5%, Arabic 2.4%, Dari 2.4% and Punjabi 2.2%.

Employment

There were 1,951 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kilburn. Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 11.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kilburn, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kilburn was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Kilburn included Labourers 20.9%, Professionals 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.1% and Managers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Kilburn, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2%, Residential Care Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kilburn was $363.

In Kilburn, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Bus 10.8%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.1% and Bicycle 2.0%. On the day, 13.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kilburn, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.5% 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 Kilburn, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kilburn, 38.3% were couple families with children, 29.7% were couple families without children and 27.9% were one parent families.

In Kilburn 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kilburn, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,575 and those without children was $1,639.

Employment status of couple families

In Kilburn, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 10.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kilburn, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilburn, 42.8% were separate houses, 43.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Kilburn, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 33.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilburn, 19.2% were owned outright, 20.9% were owned with a mortgage and 55.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kilburn, of all households, 57.7% were family households, 36.2% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Kilburn, 43.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Kilburn, 40.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kilburn, there were 149 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 76 (or 51.0%) were male and 73 (or 49.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Kilburn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $377.

In Kilburn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $128 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.