Kulin West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Kulin West of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kulin West was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Kulin West aged 15 years and over, 74.0% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kulin West was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Kulin West, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kulin West was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Kulin West 21.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 55.9% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 6.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kulin West were English 40.3%, Australian 31.8%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.8% and German 2.9%.

In Kulin West, 89.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, France 1.1%, Netherlands 1.1%, Switzerland 1.1% and Ukraine 1.1%.

In Kulin West, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kulin West were Anglican 36.2%, No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 17.7%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Kulin West 96.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1% and Russian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kulin West. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kulin West, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kulin West was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Kulin West were Managers 61.8%, Professionals 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Labourers 6.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Kulin West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 61.5%, School Education 9.8%, State Government Administration 2.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.3% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kulin West was $512.

In Kulin West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.3%, Walked only 8.0%, Other 4.6%, Bus 2.3% and Car, as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kulin West, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.2% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 45.2% 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 Kulin West, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kulin West, 39.3% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Kulin West 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kulin West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $974 and those without children was $1,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Kulin West, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 34.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kulin West, 69.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kulin West, 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 Kulin West, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 41.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kulin West, 68.4% were owned outright, 9.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kulin West, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kulin West, 32.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Kulin West, 15.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kulin West, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Kulin West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Kulin West, 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.