The above demographic information was sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Usual Resident Population Profile (2006)

The data below refers to the usually resident population of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. That is, the person usually lives in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, rather than the place where they were counted on Census Night. The data also shows the comparative percentages for Western Australia and Australia.

Key Statistics                                                 No.          KB%            WA%        Aus%

Males                                                          14,817           52.1              49.8           49.4

Females                                                      13,605           47.9              50.2           50.6

Australian citizens                                       22,323           78.5              83.5           86.1

Indigenous population                                  2,136             7.5                3.0             2.3

Age Structure                                                 No.          KB%            WA%        Aus%

0 - 4 years                                                    2,389             8.4                6.4             6.3

5 - 14 years                                                  4,687           16.5              13.9           13.5

15 - 24 years                                                4,274           15.0              14.1           13.6

25 - 54 years                                              13,533           47.6              42.8           42.2

55 – 64 years                                                2,067             7.3              10.9           11.0

65+ years                                                     1,472             5.2              12.0           13.3

Birthplace                                                       No.          KB%            WA%        Aus%

Australia                                                      20,437           71.9              65.3           70.9

New Zealand                                                 1,518             5.3                2.4             2.0

England                                                            825             2.9                8.9             4.3

South Africa                                                     405             1.4                1.1             0.5

Education                                                        No.          KB%            WA%

Attending pre/primary school                       3,298           11.6              10.1

Attending secondary school                         1,559             5.5                5.9

Attending a tertiary institution                      1,081             3.8                5.8

Families                                                           No.          KB%            WA%        Aus%

Couples (with child/ren)                                3,371           50.1              45.1           45.3

Couples (without child/ren)                           2,268           33.7              38.3           37.2

One parent families                                          980           14.6              14.8           15.8

Other families                                                  113             1.7                1.7             1.7

Income ($ weekly)                             Kal-Bould            WA               Aus

Median individual income                               $680          $500             $466

Median household income                          $1,513       $1,066          $1,027

Median family income                                 $1,725       $1,246          $1,171

Housing Tenure                                              No.          KB%            WA%

Owned                                                          1,575           17.2              31.4

Purchasing                                                    4,109           45.0              37.6

Renting                                                         3,153           34.5              27.2

Religion                                                           No.          KB%            WA%

Christian Total                                             15,326           53.9              59.3

Non Christian Total                                           611             2.1                5.0

No Religion                                                    7,236           25.5              22.9