Kellerberrin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,186 people in Kellerberrin of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Kellerberrin was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.1% of the population.

Of people in Kellerberrin aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kellerberrin was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Kellerberrin, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kellerberrin was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Kellerberrin 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.4% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kellerberrin were Australian 36.4%, English 33.1%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 5.5% and German 2.7%.

In Kellerberrin, 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 0.8%, Netherlands 0.7% and Italy 0.6%.

In Kellerberrin, 72.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kellerberrin were Anglican 28.3%, No Religion 21.5%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Kellerberrin 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Filipino 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Portuguese 0.3% and Ukrainian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 486 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kellerberrin. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kellerberrin, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kellerberrin was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Kellerberrin included Managers 23.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Labourers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Professionals 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Sales Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Kellerberrin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.6%, School Education 9.5%, Residential Care Services 4.3%, Local Government Administration 4.1% and Hospitals 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kellerberrin was $390.

In Kellerberrin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.7%, Walked only 15.4%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 2.8% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kellerberrin, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.2% 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 Kellerberrin, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kellerberrin, 40.6% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Kellerberrin 24.3% of single parents were male and 75.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kellerberrin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,267 and those without children was $1,538.

Employment status of couple families

In Kellerberrin, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kellerberrin, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kellerberrin, 94.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kellerberrin, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kellerberrin, 46.0% were owned outright, 23.1% were owned with a mortgage and 27.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kellerberrin, of all households, 70.2% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Kellerberrin, 36.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Kellerberrin, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kellerberrin, there were 115 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 50.4%) were male and 57 (or 49.6%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Kellerberrin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $979.

In Kellerberrin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $618.