Kilcoy Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Kilcoy (4515) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 74 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Kilcoy is in the federal electorate of Blair.

In the 2011 census the population of Kilcoy was 1,714 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kilcoy is 38 years of age.

74.2% of people living in the suburb of Kilcoy were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.6% Philippines, 2.8% China , 2.4% New Zealand, 1.8% England, 0.8% South Africa, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% Samoa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Sudan, 0.3% Afghanistan, 0.3% Solomon Islands, 0.2% Eritrea, 0.2% Vietnam.

81.3% of people living in Kilcoy speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.7% Tagalog, 2.7% Filipino , 1.9% Mandarin, 1.0% Other, 0.6% Other, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Other , 0.4% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Kilcoy is 24.9% Anglican, 21.2% Catholic, 18.4% No religion, 12.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 10.5% Uniting Church, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Islam, 1.1% Other Christian, 0.9% Lutheran.

49.7% of people are married, 27.3% have never married and 8.9% are divorced and 5.3% are separated. There are 119 widowed people living in Kilcoy.

50.7% of the people living in Kilcoy over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 38.2% are working on a part time basis. Kilcoy has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Kilcoy are 40.3% Labourers, 13.2% Technicians & trades workers, 9.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.3% Managers, 8.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.8% Community & personal service workers, 6.3% Professionals, 4.5% Sales workers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kilcoy work in are 35.8% Manufacturing, 8.8% Retail trade, 7.6% Health care and social assistance, 6.5% Education and training, 5.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.4% Construction, 5.0% Accommodation and food services, 4.1% Other services.

35.4% of homes are fully owned, and 25.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $475 per week and the median household income is $871 per week.

The median rent in Kilcoy is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1257 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kilcoy postcode 4515