Waterloo (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,657 people in Waterloo (NSW) of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Waterloo (NSW) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Waterloo (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 21.1% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waterloo (NSW) was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Waterloo (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 19.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waterloo (NSW) was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Waterloo (NSW) 37.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 4.5% were in primary school, 4.3% in secondary school and 37.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waterloo (NSW) were English 15.7%, Australian 12.2%, Chinese 11.7%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Waterloo (NSW), 35.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 8.2%, England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.4% and Ukraine 2.3%.

In Waterloo (NSW), 26.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waterloo (NSW) were No Religion 26.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 8.1%, Buddhism 5.3% and Pentecostal 3.9%.

In Waterloo (NSW) 47.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.9%, Russian 5.2%, Cantonese 3.4%, Korean 2.5% and Arabic 2.0%.

Employment

There were 5,076 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waterloo (NSW). Of these 65.5% were employed full time, 20.4% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waterloo (NSW), 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waterloo (NSW) was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Waterloo (NSW) included Professionals 33.5%, Managers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Waterloo (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, Defence 4.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.5% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waterloo (NSW) was $535.

In Waterloo (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 29.2%, Bus 22.6%, Walked only 12.7%, Train 5.9% and Car, as passenger 4.1%. On the day, 34.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 33.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waterloo (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 9.7% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Waterloo (NSW), 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waterloo (NSW), 18.0% were couple families with children, 54.0% were couple families without children and 20.6% were one parent families.

In Waterloo (NSW) 13.7% of single parents were male and 86.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waterloo (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,823 and those without children was $2,743.

Employment status of couple families

In Waterloo (NSW), of couple families with children, 35.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 12.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waterloo (NSW), 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterloo (NSW), 1.1% were separate houses, 11.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 80.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Waterloo (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 23.1% had 1 bedroom, 52.9% had 2 bedrooms and 13.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterloo (NSW), 4.7% were owned outright, 15.8% were owned with a mortgage and 74.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Waterloo (NSW), of all households, 41.1% were family households, 44.0% were single person households and 14.9% were group households.

In Waterloo (NSW), 40.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Waterloo (NSW), 41.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 10.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waterloo (NSW), there were 386 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 197 (or 51.0%) were male and 189 (or 49.0%) were female. The median age was 27 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Waterloo (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $488.

In Waterloo (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.