Kilsyth South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,053 people in Kilsyth South of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Kilsyth South was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Kilsyth South aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kilsyth South was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Kilsyth South, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kilsyth South was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Kilsyth South 35.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 30.9% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kilsyth South were Australian 31.7%, English 30.9%, Scottish 5.9%, Irish 5.8% and Italian 3.7%.

In Kilsyth South, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, Netherlands 0.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, India 0.7% and Malaysia 0.7%.

In Kilsyth South, 61.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kilsyth South were No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 27.1%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Kilsyth South 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.7%, Punjabi 0.6%, Hindi 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,758 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kilsyth South. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kilsyth South, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kilsyth South was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Kilsyth South included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Professionals 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Managers 11.5%, Labourers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Kilsyth South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Building Installation Services 3.3% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kilsyth South was $643.

In Kilsyth South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train 2.0%, Walked only 1.2% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kilsyth South, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.8% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Kilsyth South, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kilsyth South, 65.1% were couple families with children, 22.0% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Kilsyth South 24.0% of single parents were male and 76.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kilsyth South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,241 and those without children was $1,880.

Employment status of couple families

In Kilsyth South, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 34.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kilsyth South, 97.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilsyth South, 97.9% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kilsyth South, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.1% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kilsyth South, 28.9% were owned outright, 61.2% were owned with a mortgage and 7.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kilsyth South, of all households, 88.3% were family households, 11.2% were single person households and 0.5% were group households.

In Kilsyth South, 8.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Kilsyth South, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kilsyth South, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Kilsyth South, 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 Kilsyth South, 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.