Kyogle (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,159 people were counted in Kyogle (A): of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Of the total population 4.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A) there were 2,271 children aged 0-14 years and 2,262 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), 8,529 people were Australian citizens, 662 were born overseas and 10 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), 52.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.2% were separated or divorced, 7.2% were widowed and 28.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), 87.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kyogle (A) were England 2.5%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Kyogle (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 23.9%, Catholic 21.0%, No Religion 15.1%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 7.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.6%, Italian 0.2%, French 0.1%, Eastern Aboriginal, nec 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,559 people aged 15 years and over in Kyogle (A) were in the labour force. Of these 52.7% worked full-time, 30.8% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.3% were unemployed. 3,043 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 9.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.2%, Professionals 5.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Associate Professionals 3.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kyogle (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 9.2%, Education 4.1%, Health Services 3.0%, Wood and Paper Product Manufacturing 2.5% and Food Retailing 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), 2,481 families were counted: of these, 38.9% were couple families without children, 43.5% were couple families with children, 16.1% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), 3,529 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kyogle (A), 93.8% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), 52.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.6% were being purchased and 19.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 30.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 60.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kyogle (A), 69.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.