Wattle Range (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,624 people in Wattle Range (DC) of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wattle Range (DC) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Wattle Range (DC) aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wattle Range (DC) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wattle Range (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wattle Range (DC) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Wattle Range (DC) 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.4% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wattle Range (DC) were Australian 34.8%, English 32.3%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 6.4% and German 5.9%.

In Wattle Range (DC), 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and Italy 0.7%.

In Wattle Range (DC), 78.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wattle Range (DC) were No Religion 31.2%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 9.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.3%.

In Wattle Range (DC) 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, German 0.2%, Tagalog 0.1%, Dutch 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,682 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wattle Range (DC). Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wattle Range (DC), 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wattle Range (DC) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Wattle Range (DC) included Managers 20.2%, Labourers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Professionals 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Wattle Range (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.3%, Converted Paper Product Manufacturing 5.7%, School Education 4.9%, Beverage Manufacturing 4.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wattle Range (DC) was $470.

In Wattle Range (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 4.6%, Truck 1.2% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wattle Range (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.9% 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 Wattle Range (DC), 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wattle Range (DC), 39.5% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Wattle Range (DC) 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wattle Range (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,785 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Wattle Range (DC), of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wattle Range (DC), 80.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Range (DC), 92.4% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Wattle Range (DC), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 60.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Range (DC), 38.8% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wattle Range (DC), of all households, 69.1% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Wattle Range (DC), 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Wattle Range (DC), 31.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wattle Range (DC), there were 189 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 50.3%) were male and 94 (or 49.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Wattle Range (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $893.

In Wattle Range (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $133 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $920.