Wilcannia (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 685 people were counted in Wilcannia (L): of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Of the total population 65.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L) there were 208 children aged 0-14 years and 89 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), 643 people were Australian citizens, 21 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), 22.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.0% were separated or divorced, 3.9% were widowed and 61.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), 92.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wilcannia (L) were England 1.3%, New Zealand 0.6%, Finland 0.4% and Hungary 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Wilcannia (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 61.9%, Anglican 16.8%, No Religion 3.6%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Pentecostal 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Eastern Aboriginal, nec 0.7%, German 0.4% and Hungarian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 239 people aged 15 years and over in Wilcannia (L) were in the labour force. Of these 49.8% worked full-time, 23.0% worked part-time, 7.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 19.7% were unemployed. 188 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Professionals 5.9%, Associate Professionals 3.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.2% and Managers and Administrators 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wilcannia (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 5.7%, Education 5.7%, Health Services 4.1%, General Construction 2.6% and Food Retailing 2.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), 130 families were counted: of these, 24.6% were couple families without children, 42.3% were couple families with children, 29.2% were one parent families and 3.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), 188 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wilcannia (L), 86.2% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), 27.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 5.9% were being purchased and 52.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 86.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wilcannia (L), 64.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.8% were single (or lone) person households and 8.0% were group households.