West Keeling Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 133 people in West Keeling Island of these 57.1% were male and 42.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in West Keeling Island was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.3% of the population.

Of people in West Keeling Island aged 15 years and over, 72.4% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Keeling Island was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In West Keeling Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Keeling Island was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In West Keeling Island 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.7% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Keeling Island were English 34.0%, Australian 25.4%, Scottish 11.7%, Irish 6.1% and Malay 3.6%.

In West Keeling Island, 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.8%, United States of America 3.0%, Malaysia 2.3% and South Africa 2.3%.

In West Keeling Island, 70.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Keeling Island were No Religion 32.8%, Anglican 14.9%, Catholic 10.4%, Islam 9.7% and Seventh-day Adventist 6.7%.

In West Keeling Island 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Malay 7.5%.

Employment

There were 82 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Keeling Island. Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Keeling Island, 4.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Keeling Island was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The only other responses for occupation in West Keeling Island were Managers 26.2%, Professionals 23.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 23.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Sales Workers 3.6% and Labourers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in West Keeling Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 18.8%, Water Transport Support Services 5.9%, Airport Operations and Other Air Transport Support Services 5.9%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Keeling Island was $1,069.

In West Keeling Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.0%, Walked only 14.3%, Bicycle 9.5%, Ferry 4.8% and Motorbike/scooter 4.8%. On the day, 8.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Keeling Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 5.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 52.0% 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 West Keeling Island, 43.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Keeling Island, 45.9% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In West Keeling Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In West Keeling Island, of couple families with children, 31.4% had both partners employed full-time, 17.1% had both employed part-time and 42.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Keeling Island, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Keeling Island, 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 West Keeling Island, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 70.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Keeling Island, 8.7% were owned outright, 8.7% were owned with a mortgage and 82.6% were rented.

Household composition

In West Keeling Island, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In West Keeling Island, 11.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 West Keeling Island, 46.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Keeling Island, 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 19 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 West Keeling Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In West Keeling Island, 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.