Killarney Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,453 people in Killarney Heights of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Killarney Heights was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Killarney Heights aged 15 years and over, 65.7% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Killarney Heights was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Killarney Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Killarney Heights was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Killarney Heights 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.9% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Killarney Heights were English 27.1%, Australian 21.6%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.0% and Chinese 6.9%.

In Killarney Heights, 64.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, New Zealand 2.6%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.0% and South Africa 2.0%.

In Killarney Heights, 39.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Killarney Heights were No Religion 25.1%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 21.5%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Killarney Heights 75.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 4.1%, French 2.9%, Mandarin 2.7%, Armenian 2.3% and Japanese 1.8%.

Employment

There were 2,113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Killarney Heights. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Killarney Heights, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Killarney Heights was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Killarney Heights included Professionals 33.9%, Managers 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Labourers 2.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Killarney Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 4.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.2%, School Education 4.1% and Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Killarney Heights was $779.

In Killarney Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Bus 9.3%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 1.8% and Train, bus 1.3%. On the day, 14.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Killarney Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.4% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Killarney Heights, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Killarney Heights, 58.7% were couple families with children, 30.1% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Killarney Heights 20.1% of single parents were male and 79.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Killarney Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,145 and those without children was $2,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Killarney Heights, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Killarney Heights, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Killarney Heights, 95.2% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Killarney Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 29.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Killarney Heights, 49.1% were owned outright, 38.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Killarney Heights, of all households, 88.1% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Killarney Heights, 10.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.0% 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 Killarney Heights, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 54.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Killarney Heights, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Killarney Heights, 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 $3,250.

In Killarney Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300.