Kirribilli

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,668 people in Kirribilli of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Kirribilli was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Kirribilli aged 15 years and over, 35.5% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kirribilli was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Kirribilli, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kirribilli was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Kirribilli 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.0% were in primary school, 5.4% in secondary school and 34.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kirribilli were English 26.7%, Australian 15.6%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 8.3% and Chinese 4.1%.

In Kirribilli, 51.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, New Zealand 3.7%, United States of America 2.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.4% and India 1.3%.

In Kirribilli, 39.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kirribilli were No Religion 29.5%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 17.0%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Buddhism 2.3%.

In Kirribilli 73.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.9%, Cantonese 1.3%, French 0.9%, German 0.8% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,205 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kirribilli. Of these 73.1% were employed full time, 18.2% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kirribilli, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kirribilli was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Kirribilli included Professionals 48.1%, Managers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.4%, Sales Workers 4.1%, Labourers 2.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.5%.

Of the employed people in Kirribilli, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 8.2%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 5.7%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4% and Depository Financial Intermediation 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kirribilli was $1,267.

In Kirribilli, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Train 27.7%, Car, as driver 24.6%, Walked only 12.9%, Ferry 6.3% and Car, as passenger 2.7%. On the day, 42.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 27.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kirribilli, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.6% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Kirribilli, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kirribilli, 21.0% were couple families with children, 69.6% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Kirribilli 20.3% of single parents were male and 79.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kirribilli, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,625 and those without children was $3,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Kirribilli, of couple families with children, 35.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kirribilli, 81.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kirribilli, 7.3% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 83.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Kirribilli, of occupied private dwellings 29.8% had 1 bedroom, 41.4% had 2 bedrooms and 15.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kirribilli, 18.7% were owned outright, 13.4% were owned with a mortgage and 65.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kirribilli, of all households, 45.4% were family households, 47.3% were single person households and 7.3% were group households.

In Kirribilli, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.6% 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 Kirribilli, 46.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kirribilli, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 9 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Kirribilli, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Kirribilli, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $395 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.