Werris Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,729 people in Werris Creek of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Werris Creek was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.4% of the population.

Of people in Werris Creek aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Werris Creek was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Werris Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Werris Creek was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Werris Creek 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Werris Creek were Australian 41.0%, English 30.0%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 6.5% and German 2.9%.

In Werris Creek, 90.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 0.6%, Ireland 0.2%, Malta 0.2% and Poland 0.2%.

In Werris Creek, 86.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Werris Creek were Anglican 42.0%, Catholic 26.4%, No Religion 10.5%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Werris Creek 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hungarian 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, French 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 639 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Werris Creek. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 9.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Werris Creek, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Werris Creek was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Werris Creek included Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.3%, Labourers 16.5%, Managers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Professionals 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Werris Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.8%, Rail Freight Transport 8.0%, School Education 4.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Werris Creek was $373.

In Werris Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 2.3% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Werris Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.3% 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 Werris Creek, 20.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Werris Creek, 31.3% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 22.8% were one parent families.

In Werris Creek 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Werris Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,865 and those without children was $1,452.

Employment status of couple families

In Werris Creek, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Werris Creek, 84.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Werris Creek, 96.6% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Werris Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 22.6% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Werris Creek, 48.5% were owned outright, 22.9% were owned with a mortgage and 26.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Werris Creek, of all households, 65.5% were family households, 31.9% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Werris Creek, 43.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Werris Creek, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Werris Creek, there were 263 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 138 (or 52.5%) were male and 125 (or 47.5%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Werris Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Werris Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.