King River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 284 people in King River of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in King River was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in King River aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in King River was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In King River, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in King River was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In King River 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 34.7% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in King River were English 32.4%, Australian 31.9%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 5.8% and German 4.3%.

In King River, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 7.8%, Thailand 2.5% and Germany 1.4%.

In King River, 64.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in King River were No Religion 26.0%, Anglican 20.7%, Catholic 12.6%, Christian, nfd 8.8% and Baptist 7.0%.

In King River 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 2.1%.

Employment

There were 152 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in King River. Of these 48.0% were employed full time, 39.5% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in King River, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in King River was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in King River included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Managers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Professionals 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Labourers 9.7%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in King River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.9%, School Education 5.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.8%, Building Installation Services 4.1% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in King River was $561.

In King River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Walked only 6.2%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bus 2.1% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In King River, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 King River, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in King River, 51.4% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In King River 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In King River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In King River, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 13.3% had both employed part-time and 30.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In King River, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in King River, 84.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 15.5% were other dwellings.

In King River, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 31.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in King River, 36.4% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In King River, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In King River, 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.8% 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 King River, 8.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In King River, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (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 King River, 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 $700.

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