Kilmore East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 353 people in Kilmore East of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Kilmore East was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Kilmore East aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kilmore East was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Kilmore East, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kilmore East was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Kilmore East 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 30.4% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kilmore East were Australian 32.7%, English 25.9%, Irish 14.7%, Scottish 8.4% and Italian 4.0%.

In Kilmore East, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, Malta 1.1%, Croatia 0.9%, Indonesia 0.9% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Kilmore East, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kilmore East were Catholic 40.7%, No Religion 19.1%, Anglican 17.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.3% and Salvation Army 3.4%.

In Kilmore East 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Auslan 1.1%, Irish 0.9%, German 0.9%, Italian 0.9% and Maltese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 196 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kilmore East. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kilmore East, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kilmore East was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Kilmore East included Professionals 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Managers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers 7.8%, Sales Workers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Kilmore East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 4.7%, School Education 4.2%, Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.6%, Hospitals 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kilmore East was $654.

In Kilmore East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 4.2%, Train 2.1% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kilmore East, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 16.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.7% 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 Kilmore East, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kilmore East, 52.0% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Kilmore East 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kilmore East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,356 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Kilmore East, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 31.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kilmore East, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilmore East, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kilmore East, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilmore East, 39.8% were owned outright, 47.2% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Kilmore East, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kilmore East, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Kilmore East, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kilmore East, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Kilmore East, 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 $0.

In Kilmore East, 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.