Wamuran

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,044 people were counted in Wamuran: of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran there were 263 children aged 0-14 years and 189 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, 914 people were Australian citizens, 148 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, 62.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.6% were separated or divorced, 3.5% were widowed and 25.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, 78.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wamuran were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.8%, Cambodia 1.1%, Germany 0.7% and Viet Nam 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Wamuran on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.1%, Catholic 17.1%, No Religion 14.8%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Lutheran 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Khmer 1.4%, Italian 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.7%, German 0.6% and Netherlandic 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 479 people aged 15 years and over in Wamuran were in the labour force. Of these 59.1% worked full-time, 31.5% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.7% were unemployed. 247 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Managers and Administrators 7.5%, Professionals 7.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.4%, Associate Professionals 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wamuran, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 10.1%, Construction Trade Services 3.9%, Health Services 3.7%, Food Retailing 3.6% and Education 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, 279 families were counted: of these, 36.2% were couple families without children, 54.1% were couple families with children, 9.7% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, 335 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wamuran, 98.2% 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.

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.9% were being purchased and 9.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 65.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wamuran, 82.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.