Kadina

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,470 people in Kadina of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kadina was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.2% of the population.

Of people in Kadina aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kadina was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kadina, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kadina was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Kadina 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kadina were Australian 37.1%, English 35.1%, German 7.0%, Scottish 5.8% and Irish 5.1%.

In Kadina, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Netherlands 0.4%, Germany 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and New Zealand 0.3%.

In Kadina, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kadina were No Religion 30.9%, Uniting Church 23.7%, Catholic 11.1%, Anglican 9.3% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Kadina 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.2%, Malayalam 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Urdu 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,920 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kadina. Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kadina, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kadina was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Kadina included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Labourers 14.0%, Professionals 13.6%, Sales Workers 13.6%, Managers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Kadina, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.4% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kadina was $434.

In Kadina, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Walked only 7.0%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 1.7% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kadina, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Kadina, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kadina, 36.7% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Kadina 13.7% of single parents were male and 86.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kadina, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,746 and those without children was $1,598.

Employment status of couple families

In Kadina, of couple families with children, 13.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kadina, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kadina, 94.2% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Kadina, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kadina, 40.0% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Kadina, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Kadina, 36.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Kadina, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kadina, there were 65 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 53.8%) were male and 30 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Kadina, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Kadina, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $77 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $953.