Kambalda East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 857 people in Kambalda East of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kambalda East was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.2% of the population.

Of people in Kambalda East aged 15 years and over, 36.1% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kambalda East was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Kambalda East, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kambalda East was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Kambalda East 38.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kambalda East were English 26.4%, Australian 25.5%, Maori 6.4%, Irish 5.0% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Kambalda East, 58.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 13.5%, England 3.7%, Philippines 1.2%, Croatia 0.5% and Denmark 0.5%.

In Kambalda East, 49.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kambalda East were No Religion 29.1%, Catholic 18.1%, Anglican 14.9%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2.9% and Christian, nfd 2.3%.

In Kambalda East 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maori (New Zealand) 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Thai 0.6%, Tagalog 0.6% and Danish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 403 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kambalda East. Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 19.1% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kambalda East, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kambalda East was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Kambalda East included Machinery Operators And Drivers 38.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Labourers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Professionals 5.3%, Managers 4.2% and Sales Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Kambalda East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 33.9%, Other Mining Support Services 9.3%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.3%, School Education 4.0% and Road Freight Transport 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kambalda East was $850.

In Kambalda East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.3%, Car, as passenger 10.1%, Bus 5.8%, Walked only 2.4% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kambalda East, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.1% 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 Kambalda East, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kambalda East, 46.6% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Kambalda East 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kambalda East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,957 and those without children was $2,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Kambalda East, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kambalda East, 76.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kambalda East, 87.0% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Kambalda East, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 55.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kambalda East, 17.2% were owned outright, 39.9% were owned with a mortgage and 40.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Kambalda East, of all households, 68.3% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Kambalda East, 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.8% 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 Kambalda East, 37.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kambalda East, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 44.4%) were male and 20 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Kambalda East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Kambalda East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $85 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $840.