Wagin

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,281 people were counted in Wagin: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 6.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin there were 304 children aged 0-14 years and 360 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, 1,163 people were Australian citizens, 188 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, 49.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 11.1% were widowed and 28.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, 82.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wagin were England 5.1%, New Zealand 4.4%, Scotland 0.9%, Italy 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Wagin on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 25.7%, No Religion 19.5%, Catholic 18.2%, Uniting Church 13.7% and Baptist 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Polish 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 534 people aged 15 years and over in Wagin were in the labour force. Of these 53.6% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.0% were unemployed. 409 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Associate Professionals 5.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 4.3%, Professionals 4.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wagin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 5.9%, Education 3.1%, Services to Agriculture; Hunting and Trapping 3.0%, Food Retailing 3.0% and Health Services 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, 339 families were counted: of these, 40.7% were couple families without children, 42.2% were couple families with children, 15.3% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, 538 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wagin, 91.1% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, 45.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.6% were being purchased and 25.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 10.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 69.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wagin, 62.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 33.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.