South Kalgoorlie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,850 people in South Kalgoorlie of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.9% of the population.

The median age of people in South Kalgoorlie was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in South Kalgoorlie aged 15 years and over, 39.4% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

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

In South Kalgoorlie, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Kalgoorlie was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In South Kalgoorlie 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.3% were in primary school, 13.5% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Kalgoorlie were Australian 28.5%, English 25.7%, Irish 5.7%, Scottish 5.6% and Maori 3.9%.

In South Kalgoorlie, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.6%, England 2.2%, South Africa 1.3%, Philippines 1.2% and India 0.9%.

In South Kalgoorlie, 58.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Kalgoorlie were No Religion 28.0%, Catholic 18.6%, Anglican 13.9%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In South Kalgoorlie 79.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.0%, Tagalog 0.7%, Hindi 0.6%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6% and Wangkatha 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,437 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Kalgoorlie. Of these 67.2% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Kalgoorlie, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Kalgoorlie was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in South Kalgoorlie included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Labourers 10.5%, Professionals 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Managers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in South Kalgoorlie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 16.5%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Other Mining Support Services 3.0% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Kalgoorlie was $760.

In South Kalgoorlie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 11.2%, Walked only 3.1%, Bus 2.2% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Kalgoorlie, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.9% 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 South Kalgoorlie, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Kalgoorlie, 44.7% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In South Kalgoorlie 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Kalgoorlie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,532 and those without children was $2,570.

Employment status of couple families

In South Kalgoorlie, of couple families with children, 28.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.2% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Kalgoorlie, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Kalgoorlie, 80.2% were separate houses, 16.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Kalgoorlie, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Kalgoorlie, 14.2% were owned outright, 44.6% were owned with a mortgage and 37.8% were rented.

Household composition

In South Kalgoorlie, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In South Kalgoorlie, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.8% 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 South Kalgoorlie, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Kalgoorlie, there were 478 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 233 (or 48.7%) were male and 245 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 21 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 South Kalgoorlie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,422.

In South Kalgoorlie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $198 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,470.