Kilcoy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,714 people in Kilcoy of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Kilcoy was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Kilcoy aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kilcoy was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Kilcoy, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kilcoy was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Kilcoy 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kilcoy were Australian 30.4%, English 27.3%, Irish 7.5%, German 5.6% and Filipino 5.3%.

In Kilcoy, 74.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 7.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.7%, New Zealand 2.5%, England 1.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Kilcoy, 68.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kilcoy were Anglican 24.8%, Catholic 21.2%, No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Kilcoy 81.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 3.7%, Filipino 2.6%, Mandarin 2.0%, Cebuano 0.4% and Dinka 0.4%.

Employment

There were 718 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kilcoy. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 38.4% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kilcoy, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kilcoy was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Kilcoy included Labourers 40.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Managers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Professionals 6.2% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Kilcoy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 31.5%, School Education 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.9% and Local Government Administration 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kilcoy was $475.

In Kilcoy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Car, as passenger 15.4%, Walked only 5.7%, Truck 0.7% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kilcoy, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Kilcoy, 20.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kilcoy, 35.1% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 19.3% were one parent families.

In Kilcoy 21.2% of single parents were male and 78.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kilcoy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,704 and those without children was $1,818.

Employment status of couple families

In Kilcoy, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 10.2% had both employed part-time and 13.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kilcoy, 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilcoy, 94.7% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Kilcoy, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 55.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilcoy, 35.4% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kilcoy, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Kilcoy, 32.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Kilcoy, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kilcoy, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 41.2%) were male and 30 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Kilcoy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Kilcoy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.