Wilcannia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 826 people in Wilcannia of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 57.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Wilcannia was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Wilcannia aged 15 years and over, 26.6% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wilcannia was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Wilcannia, of people aged 15 years and over, 25.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wilcannia was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Wilcannia 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.3% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wilcannia were Australian Aboriginal 43.1%, Australian 20.0%, English 16.9%, Irish 6.1% and Scottish 3.4%.

In Wilcannia, 93.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.1%, New Zealand 0.5%, Bangladesh 0.4%, Belgium 0.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In Wilcannia, 92.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wilcannia were Catholic 57.0%, Anglican 15.4%, No Religion 11.6%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Wilcannia 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Paakantyi 1.9%, French 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, Bengali 0.4% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 388 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wilcannia. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 19.1% were employed part-time and 11.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wilcannia, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wilcannia was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Wilcannia included Managers 25.5%, Labourers 23.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.7%, Professionals 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9% and Sales Workers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Wilcannia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.3%, School Education 10.4%, Local Government Administration 9.8%, Employment Services 4.3% and Allied Health Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wilcannia was $376.

In Wilcannia, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.4%, Walked only 26.2%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Motorbike/scooter 2.6% and Other 2.3%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wilcannia, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Wilcannia, 33.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wilcannia, 36.5% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 30.0% were one parent families.

In Wilcannia 22.0% of single parents were male and 78.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wilcannia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Wilcannia, of couple families with children, 30.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 10.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wilcannia, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilcannia, 60.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.7% were flats, units or apartments and 8.1% were other dwellings.

In Wilcannia, of occupied private dwellings 10.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilcannia, 30.7% were owned outright, 7.4% were owned with a mortgage and 56.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wilcannia, of all households, 66.5% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Wilcannia, 32.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Wilcannia, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wilcannia, there were 473 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 212 (or 44.8%) were male and 261 (or 55.2%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Wilcannia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $807.

In Wilcannia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $250.