Keilira

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 285 people in Keilira of these 57.5% were male and 42.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Keilira was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Keilira aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Keilira was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Keilira, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Keilira was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Keilira 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 34.3% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Keilira were Australian 33.1%, English 32.6%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.8% and German 7.8%.

In Keilira, 93.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.8%, Germany 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Keilira, 83.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Keilira were No Religion 34.1%, Anglican 22.6%, Catholic 11.8%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Keilira 98.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Keilira. Of these 75.7% were employed full time, 18.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Keilira, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Keilira included Managers 50.0%, Labourers 23.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%, Professionals 4.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.8% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Keilira, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 73.3%, School Education 2.8%, Motor Vehicle Retailing 1.7%, Fuel Retailing 1.7% and Road Freight Transport 1.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Keilira was $650.

In Keilira, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 42.3%, Walked only 14.9% and Car, as passenger 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Keilira, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% 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, 35.0% 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 Keilira, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Keilira, 48.8% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Keilira 58.3% of single parents were male and 41.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Keilira, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Keilira, of couple families with children, 30.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Keilira, 69.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilira, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Keilira, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Keilira, 36.3% were owned outright, 8.8% were owned with a mortgage and 49.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Keilira, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Keilira, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Keilira, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Keilira, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Keilira, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Keilira, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $115 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.