Kalkite

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 173 people in Kalkite of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Kalkite was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Kalkite aged 15 years and over, 48.1% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kalkite was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Kalkite, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kalkite was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 63 years.

In Kalkite 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.3% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kalkite were English 31.6%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 7.7% and German 4.3%.

In Kalkite, 72.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, Germany 2.9%, Austria 1.7%, Denmark 1.7% and Nepal 1.7%.

In Kalkite, 62.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kalkite were No Religion 31.2%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 16.2%, Baptist 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Kalkite 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.3% and Danish 2.3%.

Employment

There were 86 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kalkite. Of these 52.3% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kalkite, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kalkite was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 22 years.

The most common occupations in Kalkite included Managers 22.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Labourers 17.5%, Professionals 13.8%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Kalkite, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 18.5%, Recreational Goods Retailing 9.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.7% and Residential Building Construction 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kalkite was $452.

In Kalkite, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Bicycle 3.8%, Other 3.8% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kalkite, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.6% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Kalkite, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kalkite, 32.7% were couple families with children, 55.1% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Kalkite 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kalkite, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Kalkite, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 7.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kalkite, 49.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 50.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalkite, 92.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kalkite, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalkite, 47.8% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kalkite, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kalkite, 28.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Kalkite, 41.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kalkite, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Kalkite, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

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