Kilcoy (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,234 people were counted in Kilcoy (S): of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 2.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S) there were 782 children aged 0-14 years and 805 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), 3,030 people were Australian citizens, 255 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), 58.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 6.8% were widowed and 23.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), 87.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kilcoy (S) were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 0.5%, Germany 0.4% and Scotland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Kilcoy (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 33.5%, Catholic 17.8%, Uniting Church 14.3%, No Religion 13.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.2%, German 0.1%, Urdu 0.1%, French 0.1% and Greek 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,351 people aged 15 years and over in Kilcoy (S) were in the labour force. Of these 56.8% worked full-time, 32.1% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 1,008 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 11.7%, Managers and Administrators 6.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Professionals 4.8%, Associate Professionals 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kilcoy (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 8.6%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 5.4%, Education 3.9%, Health Services 2.9% and Food Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), 898 families were counted: of these, 40.1% were couple families without children, 45.5% were couple families with children, 13.0% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), 1,202 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kilcoy (S), 95.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), 49.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.8% were being purchased and 16.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 59.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kilcoy (S), 73.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.