Welshmans Reef

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 433 people in Welshmans Reef of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Welshmans Reef was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.0% of the population.

Of people in Welshmans Reef aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Welshmans Reef was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Welshmans Reef, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Welshmans Reef was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Welshmans Reef 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Welshmans Reef were English 33.7%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 9.7% and German 3.7%.

In Welshmans Reef, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.5%, Netherlands 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.2% and Austria 0.7%.

In Welshmans Reef, 62.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Welshmans Reef were No Religion 39.4%, Catholic 17.1%, Anglican 14.6%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Welshmans Reef 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, French 0.7%, Russian 0.7%, Czech 0.7% and Japanese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Welshmans Reef. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 36.7% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Welshmans Reef, 19.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Welshmans Reef was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Welshmans Reef included Managers 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Professionals 13.9%, Labourers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Welshmans Reef, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.2%, State Government Administration 4.2% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Welshmans Reef was $366.

In Welshmans Reef, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Other 2.4%, Walked only 2.4% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Welshmans Reef, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.0% 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 Welshmans Reef, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Welshmans Reef, 37.4% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Welshmans Reef 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Welshmans Reef, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Welshmans Reef, of couple families with children, 10.4% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Welshmans Reef, 76.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Welshmans Reef, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Welshmans Reef, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% 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 Welshmans Reef, 48.2% were owned outright, 34.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Welshmans Reef, of all households, 73.4% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Welshmans Reef, 37.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Welshmans Reef, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Welshmans Reef, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Welshmans Reef, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Welshmans Reef, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $748.