Whorouly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 519 people in Whorouly of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Whorouly was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Whorouly aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Whorouly was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Whorouly, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Whorouly was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Whorouly 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 31.7% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Whorouly were Australian 28.7%, English 23.6%, Italian 16.5%, Irish 9.1% and Scottish 8.1%.

In Whorouly, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.8%, England 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, United States of America 1.0% and Argentina 0.8%.

In Whorouly, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Whorouly were Catholic 42.9%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 18.3%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Whorouly 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 10.4% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 274 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Whorouly. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Whorouly, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Whorouly included Managers 25.4%, Labourers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Professionals 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Whorouly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.2%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.3%, School Education 5.2%, Beverage Manufacturing 4.9% and Other Wood Product Manufacturing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Whorouly was $463.

In Whorouly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Walked only 4.8%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Other 2.2% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Whorouly, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.3% 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 Whorouly, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Whorouly, 46.6% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Whorouly 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Whorouly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,399 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Whorouly, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.0% had both employed part-time and 30.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Whorouly, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Whorouly, 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 Whorouly, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 59.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Whorouly, 54.9% were owned outright, 25.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Whorouly, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Whorouly, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Whorouly, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Whorouly, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Whorouly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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