Kawana

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Area code SED30043
People 53,503
Male 47.9%
Female 52.1%
Median age 40
Families 14,520
Average children per family  null
for families with children 1.9
for all households (a) 0.7
All private dwellings 21,830
Average people per household 2.6
Median weekly household income $1,302
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,950
Median weekly rent $415
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.8

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 25,627 47.9 2,321,889 49.4 11,546,638 49.3
Female 27,877 52.1 2,381,308 50.6 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,055 2.0 186,482 4.0 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 53,503 people in Kawana. Of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

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Age Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median age 40 -- 37 -- 38 --
0-4 years 3,077 5.8 296,466 6.3 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 3,592 6.7 317,138 6.7 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 3,693 6.9 299,097 6.4 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 3,709 6.9 296,287 6.3 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 3,221 6.0 316,860 6.7 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 2,870 5.4 320,753 6.8 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 3,039 5.7 325,943 6.9 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 3,143 5.9 305,218 6.5 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 3,662 6.8 322,901 6.9 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 3,608 6.7 322,982 6.9 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 3,233 6.0 308,727 6.6 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 3,062 5.7 292,198 6.2 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 2,622 4.9 260,685 5.5 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 2,833 5.3 242,192 5.1 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 2,615 4.9 180,406 3.8 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 2,149 4.0 126,084 2.7 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 1,712 3.2 83,731 1.8 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 1,663 3.1 85,528 1.8 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Kawana was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Married 21,534 49.9 1,775,920 46.9 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 1,472 3.4 134,953 3.6 608,059 3.2
Divorced 4,170 9.7 354,382 9.3 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 2,837 6.6 184,671 4.9 985,204 5.2
Never married 13,124 30.4 1,340,580 35.4 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Kawana aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 19,155 50.2 1,546,502 46.7 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 4,092 10.7 394,739 11.9 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 14,932 39.1 1,367,026 41.3 7,024,973 41.9

In Kawana, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Preschool 634 4.0 56,639 3.9 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 3,642 22.8 276,468 19.1 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 512 3.2 73,844 5.1 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 623 3.9 50,202 3.5 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 2,670 16.7 176,138 12.2 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 399 2.5 63,080 4.4 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 651 4.1 58,927 4.1 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 779 4.9 76,992 5.3 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 2,692 16.9 213,221 14.8 1,160,626 16.1
Other 356 2.2 37,517 2.6 198,383 2.8
Not stated 3,018 18.9 360,888 25.0 1,707,023 23.7

In Kawana 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 21.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 6,622 15.4 693,412 18.3 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 4,094 9.5 330,619 8.7 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 1,472 3.4 111,975 3.0 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 7,595 17.6 576,295 15.2 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 7,111 16.5 625,959 16.5 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 2,047 4.7 163,394 4.3 941,531 4.9
Year 10 5,857 13.6 488,554 12.9 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 21 0.0 2,602 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 7 0.0 418 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 3,083 7.1 275,376 7.3 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 81 0.2 15,700 0.4 145,844 0.8
Not stated 3,805 8.8 409,227 10.8 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Kawana, 16.5% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.5% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
English 23,846 32.0 1,794,999 27.5 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 20,216 27.1 1,649,284 25.3 7,298,243 23.3
Irish 6,569 8.8 564,334 8.7 2,388,058 7.6
Scottish 6,350 8.5 486,648 7.5 2,023,470 6.4
German 3,416 4.6 296,387 4.5 982,226 3.1

The most common ancestries in Kawana were English 32.0%, Australian 27.1%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 8.5% and German 4.6%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Kawana (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 39,725 74.3 3,343,657 71.1 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 3,178 5.9 180,775 3.8 907,570 3.9
New Zealand 2,668 5.0 201,206 4.3 518,466 2.2
South Africa 547 1.0 40,131 0.9 162,449 0.7
Scotland 359 0.7 21,879 0.5 119,417 0.5
Germany 327 0.6 20,387 0.4 102,595 0.4

In Kawana, 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 5.0%, South Africa 1.0%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 12,583 23.5 1,225,441 26.1 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 3,827 7.2 302,904 6.4 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 2,928 5.5 234,425 5.0 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 31,039 58.0 2,575,201 54.8 11,070,538 47.3

In Kawana, 58.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 34,133 63.8 2,824,420 60.1 12,231,150 52.3
England 4,629 8.7 287,091 6.1 1,403,096 6.0
New Zealand 3,187 6.0 236,403 5.0 617,331 2.6
Scotland 854 1.6 54,350 1.2 276,038 1.2
South Africa 646 1.2 46,102 1.0 190,816 0.8

In Kawana, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 63.8%, England 8.7%, New Zealand 6.0%, Scotland 1.6% and South Africa 1.2%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 35,090 65.7 2,897,343 61.6 12,643,365 54.0
England 4,343 8.1 264,169 5.6 1,302,147 5.6
New Zealand 3,179 5.9 236,930 5.0 608,329 2.6
Scotland 728 1.4 46,925 1.0 245,915 1.1
South Africa 664 1.2 46,654 1.0 193,412 0.8

In Kawana, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 65.7%, England 8.1%, New Zealand 5.9%, Scotland 1.4% and South Africa 1.2%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 17,368 32.5 1,374,427 29.2 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 10,721 20.0 1,022,514 21.7 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 9,352 17.5 719,718 15.3 3,101,185 13.3
Not stated 4,287 8.0 468,042 10.0 2,238,735 9.6
Uniting Church 2,774 5.2 238,313 5.1 870,183 3.7

The most common responses for religion in Kawana were No Religion, so described 32.5%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 17.5%, Not stated 8.0% and Uniting Church 5.2%. In Kawana, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (62.1%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
German 281 0.5 16,488 0.4 79,353 0.3
Mandarin 217 0.4 69,474 1.5 596,711 2.5
French 164 0.3 11,988 0.3 70,873 0.3
Italian 139 0.3 20,009 0.4 271,597 1.2
Dutch 138 0.3 7,157 0.2 33,835 0.1
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English only spoken at home 47,937 89.6 3,820,632 81.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 1,518 7.5 242,052 13.5 1,971,011 22.2

In Kawana 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4%, French 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 13,223 52.7 1,333,193 57.7 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 8,844 35.3 691,751 29.9 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 1,174 4.7 111,509 4.8 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 1,846 7.4 175,665 7.6 787,452 6.9

There were 25,087 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kawana. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 3,135 13.5 235,001 11.0 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 2,492 10.7 201,035 9.4 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 3,219 13.9 255,714 12.0 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 3,926 16.9 410,236 19.2 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 9,295 40.0 922,958 43.2 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Kawana, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Professionals 4,144 17.8 423,917 19.8 2,370,966 22.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 3,831 16.5 305,441 14.3 1,447,414 13.5
Clerical and Administrative Workers 3,151 13.6 291,317 13.6 1,449,681 13.6
Community and Personal Service Workers 2,967 12.8 241,956 11.3 1,157,003 10.8
Sales Workers 2,887 12.4 207,795 9.7 1,000,955 9.4
Managers 2,524 10.9 258,509 12.1 1,390,047 13.0
Labourers 2,316 10.0 225,268 10.5 1,011,520 9.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers 1,132 4.9 147,636 6.9 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Kawana included Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Managers 10.9%, Labourers 10.0% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 4.9%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 948 4.1 91,756 4.3 411,808 3.9
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 706 3.0 52,291 2.4 254,275 2.4
Cafes and Restaurants 686 3.0 49,488 2.3 253,385 2.4
Aged Care Residential Services 664 2.9 40,967 1.9 211,621 2.0
Primary Education 523 2.3 54,394 2.5 231,198 2.2

Of the employed people in Kawana, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Cafes and Restaurants 3.0%, Aged Care Residential Services 2.9% and Primary Education 2.3%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Personal 605 -- 660 -- 662 --
Family 1,521 -- 1,661 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,302 -- 1,402 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kawana was $605.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 16,254 70.0 1,368,965 64.1 6,574,571 61.5
Worked at home 1,340 5.8 112,422 5.3 503,582 4.7
Car, as passenger 1,050 4.5 112,508 5.3 489,922 4.6
Walked only 403 1.7 70,471 3.3 370,427 3.5
Bus 306 1.3 63,829 3.0 323,201 3.0
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People who travelled to work by public transport 538 2.3 152,230 7.1 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 17,594 75.7 1,523,756 71.3 7,305,271 68.4

In Kawana, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Worked at home 5.8%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 1.7% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 31,248 72.4 2,671,858 70.5 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 12,332 28.6 1,063,450 28.1 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 4,772 11.1 407,168 10.7 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 8,159 18.9 714,138 18.8 3,620,726 19.0

In Kawana, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 9,744 22.6 853,120 22.5 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 11,963 27.7 1,017,232 26.8 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 5,513 12.8 448,338 11.8 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 4,029 9.3 353,168 9.3 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Kawana, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 6,050 41.7 481,451 39.4 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 5,934 40.9 518,494 42.5 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 2,367 16.3 201,308 16.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 164 1.1 19,898 1.6 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Kawana, 40.9% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male -- 17.3 -- 18.5 -- 18.2
Female -- 82.7 -- 81.5 -- 81.8

In Kawana, 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 2,132 17.8 225,032 22.5 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 515 4.3 39,193 3.9 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 2,721 22.7 212,524 21.3 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 1,432 11.9 144,839 14.5 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 658 5.5 57,595 5.8 302,037 6.0
Both not working 3,175 26.5 200,661 20.1 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 549 4.6 52,525 5.3 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 810 6.8 67,574 6.8 311,381 6.2

In Kawana, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 19,301 92.0 1,656,828 89.4 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 1,673 8.0 195,570 10.6 1,039,874 11.2

In Kawana, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Separate house 14,428 74.8 1,269,653 76.6 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 3,306 17.1 174,984 10.6 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 1,312 6.8 186,780 11.3 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 215 1.1 16,809 1.0 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Kawana, 74.8% were separate houses, 17.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 39 0.2 8,306 0.5 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 402 2.1 70,628 4.3 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 3,128 16.2 275,203 16.6 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 7,745 40.1 657,978 39.7 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 7,616 39.4 604,269 36.5 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 378 2.0 40,448 2.4 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 3.3 -- 3.2 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.6 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Kawana, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Owned outright 6,193 32.1 471,407 28.5 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 6,100 31.6 558,439 33.7 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 5,900 30.6 566,478 34.2 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 673 3.5 15,566 0.9 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 433 2.2 44,944 2.7 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Kawana, 32.1% were owned outright, 31.6% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Family households 14,238 73.8 1,189,859 71.8 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 4,293 22.2 389,076 23.5 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 773 4.0 77,898 4.7 354,917 4.3

In Kawana, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

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Household income Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 20.6 -- 19.5 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 11.7 -- 14.4 -- 16.4

In Kawana, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 11.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median rent 415 -- 330 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 86.8 -- 87.2 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 13.2 -- 12.8 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,950 -- 1,733 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 93.3 -- 93.6 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 6.7 -- 6.4 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None 827 4.3 99,133 6.0 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 7,109 36.8 566,233 34.2 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 7,445 38.6 620,096 37.4 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 3,382 17.5 315,106 19.0 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 549 2.8 56,263 3.4 285,197 3.4

In Kawana, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 2,351 12.2 224,855 13.6 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 16,536 85.6 1,387,499 83.7 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 420 2.2 44,482 2.7 221,494 2.7

In Kawana, 85.6% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 558 52.8 92,176 49.4 322,171 49.6
Female 499 47.2 94,311 50.6 326,996 50.4
Median age 20 -- 22 -- 23 --

In Kawana, 52.8% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 47.2% were female. The median age was 20 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.4 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 1,488 -- 1,222 -- 1,203 --

In Kawana, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,488.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Kawana % Kawana Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 415 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 2,037 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Kawana, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $415 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,037.

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Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.