East Kurrajong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,109 people in East Kurrajong of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in East Kurrajong was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in East Kurrajong aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Kurrajong was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In East Kurrajong, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Kurrajong was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In East Kurrajong 36.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 27.4% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Kurrajong were Australian 34.9%, English 27.1%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 5.7% and Italian 3.6%.

In East Kurrajong, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.6%, Italy 0.6% and Scotland 0.4%.

In East Kurrajong, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Kurrajong were Catholic 28.1%, Anglican 28.0%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Baptist 2.6%.

In East Kurrajong 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Greek 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Maltese 0.3% and Arabic 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,144 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Kurrajong. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Kurrajong, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Kurrajong was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in East Kurrajong included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Professionals 15.5%, Managers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in East Kurrajong, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Building Installation Services 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Kurrajong was $646.

In East Kurrajong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Truck 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Train, car as driver 1.4% and Train 1.4%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Kurrajong, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 East Kurrajong, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Kurrajong, 60.7% were couple families with children, 30.2% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In East Kurrajong 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Kurrajong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,315 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In East Kurrajong, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 31.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Kurrajong, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Kurrajong, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Kurrajong, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Kurrajong, 30.5% were owned outright, 60.3% were owned with a mortgage and 8.0% were rented.

Household composition

In East Kurrajong, of all households, 89.6% were family households, 8.7% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In East Kurrajong, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.6% 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 East Kurrajong, 12.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Kurrajong, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 51.9%) were male and 13 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 21 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 East Kurrajong, 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 $3,916.

In East Kurrajong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.