Kanigan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 188 people in Kanigan of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Kanigan was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Kanigan aged 15 years and over, 49.0% were married and 17.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kanigan was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Kanigan, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kanigan was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Kanigan 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kanigan were Australian 26.7%, English 26.7%, Irish 8.9%, German 7.0% and Scottish 6.6%.

In Kanigan, 72.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, Germany 2.1%, Hungary 2.1% and Papua New Guinea 2.1%.

In Kanigan, 71.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kanigan were No Religion 27.5%, Anglican 15.9%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Christian, nfd 5.8%.

In Kanigan 83.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 3.7% and Afrikaans 1.6%.

Employment

There were 68 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kanigan. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kanigan, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kanigan was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 59 years.

The most common occupations in Kanigan included Labourers 25.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Professionals 14.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Managers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Kanigan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.1%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.3%, School Education 6.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.8% and Other Livestock Farming 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kanigan was $394.

In Kanigan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.6%, Car, as passenger 14.3%, Walked only 9.5%, Bus 4.8% and Other 4.8%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kanigan, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Kanigan, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kanigan, 25.5% were couple families with children, 56.4% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Kanigan 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kanigan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Kanigan, of couple families with children, 29.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kanigan, 74.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kanigan, 85.1% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.8% were other dwellings.

In Kanigan, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kanigan, 32.9% were owned outright, 38.4% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Kanigan, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kanigan, 41.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Kanigan, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kanigan, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Kanigan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Kanigan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.