Kambalda West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,843 people in Kambalda West of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kambalda West was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Kambalda West aged 15 years and over, 46.3% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kambalda West was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Kambalda West, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kambalda West was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Kambalda West 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.0% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kambalda West were Australian 32.8%, English 25.4%, Irish 6.7%, Maori 5.8% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Kambalda West, 69.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 12.4%, England 2.4%, South Africa 1.5%, Scotland 0.7% and Ghana 0.7%.

In Kambalda West, 55.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kambalda West were No Religion 30.5%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Kambalda West 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.3%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.7%, Mandarin 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5% and Telugu 0.4%.

Employment

There were 926 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kambalda West. Of these 72.8% were employed full time, 15.4% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kambalda West, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 69.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kambalda West was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Kambalda West included Machinery Operators And Drivers 30.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 24.2%, Professionals 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Managers 4.0% and Sales Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Kambalda West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 37.7%, Other Mining Support Services 7.1%, School Education 6.1%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kambalda West was $1,022.

In Kambalda West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.3%, Car, as passenger 11.0%, Bus 3.4%, Walked only 3.2% and Bus, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kambalda West, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.9% provided care for children and 5.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Kambalda West, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kambalda West, 57.1% were couple families with children, 31.1% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Kambalda West 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kambalda West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,081 and those without children was $2,845.

Employment status of couple families

In Kambalda West, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% 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 Kambalda West, 78.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kambalda West, 88.7% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kambalda West, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 59.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kambalda West, 15.1% were owned outright, 40.3% were owned with a mortgage and 42.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Kambalda West, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Kambalda West, 11.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.2% 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 Kambalda West, 28.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kambalda West, there were 64 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 57.8%) were male and 27 (or 42.2%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Kambalda West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Kambalda West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,734.