Killcare Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 750 people in Killcare Heights of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Killcare Heights was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3% of the population.

Of people in Killcare Heights aged 15 years and over, 61.0% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Killcare Heights was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Killcare Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Killcare Heights was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Killcare Heights 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.5% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Killcare Heights were English 34.2%, Australian 25.7%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.4%.

In Killcare Heights, 75.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.5%, Germany 2.1%, New Zealand 1.9%, South Africa 0.9% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Killcare Heights, 64.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Killcare Heights were No Religion 28.0%, Anglican 23.6%, Catholic 21.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Killcare Heights 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Kriol 0.8%, Italian 0.5%, Arabic 0.5% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 351 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Killcare Heights. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Killcare Heights, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Killcare Heights was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Killcare Heights included Professionals 31.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Managers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Killcare Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Management and Related Consulting Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.3% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Killcare Heights was $680.

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In Killcare Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.1%, Train 4.8%, Train, car as driver 3.6%, Car, as passenger 1.8% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 14.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Killcare Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Killcare Heights, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Killcare Heights, 43.3% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Killcare Heights 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Killcare Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,345 and those without children was $1,931.

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Employment status of couple families

In Killcare Heights, of couple families with children, 12.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Killcare Heights, 70.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Killcare Heights, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Killcare Heights, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Killcare Heights, 48.1% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Killcare Heights, of all households, 75.3% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Killcare Heights, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Killcare Heights, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Killcare Heights, 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 35 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 Killcare Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Killcare 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 $0.