Kayena

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 451 people in Kayena of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Kayena was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Kayena aged 15 years and over, 63.9% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kayena was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Kayena, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kayena was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Kayena 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kayena were English 35.2%, Australian 32.9%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 6.1% and German 4.8%.

In Kayena, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 1.3%, Canada 1.1% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Kayena, 68.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kayena were No Religion 32.2%, Anglican 23.1%, Catholic 13.1%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Kayena 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Dutch 0.7%, French 0.7% and Thai 0.7%.

Employment

There were 225 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kayena. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kayena, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kayena was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Kayena included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Managers 16.1%, Labourers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Professionals 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Kayena, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.2%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.8% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kayena was $525.

In Kayena, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Walked only 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Bus 2.3% and Car as passenger, motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kayena, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Kayena, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kayena, 37.3% were couple families with children, 52.8% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In Kayena 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kayena, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,931 and those without children was $1,535.

Employment status of couple families

In Kayena, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% 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 Kayena, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kayena, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kayena, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 58.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kayena, 40.5% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Kayena, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 16.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kayena, 28.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Kayena, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kayena, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 40.0%) were male and 12 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Kayena, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,224.

In Kayena, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,840.