Kurri Kurri - Weston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,196 people in Kurri Kurri - Weston of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kurri Kurri - Weston was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Kurri Kurri - Weston aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kurri Kurri - Weston was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kurri Kurri - Weston was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kurri Kurri - Weston were Australian 37.1%, English 34.0%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 6.7% and German 2.7%.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 0.5%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.4% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, 83.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kurri Kurri - Weston were Anglican 31.7%, Catholic 22.0%, No Religion 17.9%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.1%, Greek 0.1%, Spanish 0.1%, Tagalog 0.1% and Filipino 0.1%.

Employment

There were 7,072 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kurri Kurri - Weston. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kurri Kurri - Weston, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Kurri Kurri - Weston included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Labourers 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.5% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Kurri Kurri - Weston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kurri Kurri - Weston was $451.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.7%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 1.9%, Truck 1.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.6% 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 Kurri Kurri - Weston, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kurri Kurri - Weston, 41.0% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 22.1% were one parent families.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,139 and those without children was $1,853.

Employment status of couple families

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% 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 Kurri Kurri - Weston, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kurri Kurri - Weston, 92.5% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kurri Kurri - Weston, 35.4% were owned outright, 36.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Kurri Kurri - Weston, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, there were 881 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 429 (or 48.7%) were male and 452 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Kurri Kurri - Weston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,036.

In Kurri Kurri - Weston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.