Wards River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 175 people in Wards River of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wards River was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Wards River aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 18.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wards River was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wards River, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wards River was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Wards River 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 6.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wards River were English 37.9%, Australian 33.5%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 4.0% and German 2.2%.

In Wards River, 84.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, Gibraltar 1.7%, Singapore 1.7% and Sri Lanka 1.7%.

In Wards River, 82.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wards River were Anglican 29.4%, Catholic 20.3%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Wards River 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.7%.

Employment

There were 84 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wards River. Of these 47.6% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wards River, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wards River was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Wards River included Managers 27.5%, Labourers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Professionals 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Wards River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.8%, Coal Mining 13.0%, Accommodation 7.2%, Electrical and Electronic Goods Retailing 5.8% and School Education 5.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wards River was $348.

In Wards River, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 10.0% and Truck 4.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wards River, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Wards River, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wards River, 30.8% were couple families with children, 51.9% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Wards River 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wards River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $833 and those without children was $641.

Employment status of couple families

In Wards River, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 8.7% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wards River, 71.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wards River, 100.0% 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.

In Wards River, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 27.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wards River, 48.1% were owned outright, 21.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wards River, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 32.9% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Wards River, 40.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Wards River, 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wards River, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 31.6%) were male and 13 (or 68.4%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Wards River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Wards River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $563.