Kinglake West Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Kinglake West (3757) is a suburb of Melbourne, North, Victoria. It is about 44 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Kinglake West is in the federal electorates of Indi, McEwen.

In the 2011 census the population of Kinglake West was 1,066 and is comprised of approximately 48.5% females and 51.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kinglake West is 35 years of age.

84.1% of people living in the suburb of Kinglake West were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.8% England, 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% Germany, 0.8% Italy, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.5% Malta, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Iran, 0.5% Greece, 0.5% Ukraine, 0.4% Wales.

90.1% of people living in Kinglake West speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Greek, 0.9% Italian, 0.6% Other, 0.5% Croatian, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% French, 0.3% Persian.

The religious makeup of Kinglake West is 37.6% No religion, 19.9% Catholic, 15.8% Anglican, 10.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Uniting Church, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Buddhism, 1.4% Eastern Orthodox, 1.1% Baptist.

52.2% of people are married, 34.5% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 18 widowed people living in Kinglake West.

58.7% of the people living in Kinglake West over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.5% are working on a part time basis. Kinglake West has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Kinglake West are 23.0% Technicians & trades workers, 14.7% Professionals, 11.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Managers, 11.5% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Sales workers, 8.9% Labourers, 8.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kinglake West work in are 18.6% Construction, 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Manufacturing, 9.3% Education and training, 8.7% Retail trade, 5.1% Public administration and safety, 5.0% Wholesale trade, 4.8% Other services, 4.6% Transport, postal and warehousing.

33.5% of homes are fully owned, and 59.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 3.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $563 per week and the median household income is $1455 per week.

The median rent in Kinglake West is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1777 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kinglake West postcode 3757