Kalgoorlie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,244 people in Kalgoorlie of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Kalgoorlie was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Kalgoorlie aged 15 years and over, 37.0% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kalgoorlie was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Kalgoorlie, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kalgoorlie was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Kalgoorlie 35.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.9% were in primary school, 9.5% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kalgoorlie were Australian 23.9%, English 22.6%, Irish 6.5%, Scottish 6.3% and Maori 3.0%.

In Kalgoorlie, 56.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.8%, Philippines 3.0%, England 2.3%, India 1.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%.

In Kalgoorlie, 50.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kalgoorlie were Catholic 23.7%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 11.8%, Christian, nfd 3.6% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Kalgoorlie 71.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 1.7%, Mandarin 1.3%, Tagalog 1.0%, Afrikaans 0.7% and Malayalam 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,271 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kalgoorlie. Of these 71.2% were employed full time, 18.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kalgoorlie, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kalgoorlie was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Kalgoorlie included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Professionals 16.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Labourers 10.9%, Managers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Kalgoorlie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 15.0%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Hospitals 3.0% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kalgoorlie was $866.

In Kalgoorlie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Walked only 10.2%, Car, as passenger 9.2%, Bus 2.6% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kalgoorlie, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.9% provided care for children and 5.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Kalgoorlie, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kalgoorlie, 41.4% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Kalgoorlie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,817 and those without children was $2,466.

Employment status of couple families

In Kalgoorlie, of couple families with children, 36.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.2% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kalgoorlie, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalgoorlie, 67.5% were separate houses, 14.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Kalgoorlie, of occupied private dwellings 9.9% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalgoorlie, 15.5% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 48.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Kalgoorlie, of all households, 61.9% were family households, 31.0% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Kalgoorlie, 14.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.1% 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 Kalgoorlie, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kalgoorlie, there were 169 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 86 (or 50.9%) were male and 83 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Kalgoorlie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Kalgoorlie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.