Wallumbilla North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 401 people in Wallumbilla North of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wallumbilla North was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Wallumbilla North aged 15 years and over, 68.7% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wallumbilla North was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Wallumbilla North, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.4% 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 Wallumbilla North was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Wallumbilla North 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.1% were in primary school, 16.8% in secondary school and 3.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wallumbilla North were Australian 39.0%, English 28.8%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.6% and German 5.7%.

In Wallumbilla North, 90.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 1.0% and England 0.8%.

In Wallumbilla North, 88.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wallumbilla North were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 25.0%, Uniting Church 16.2%, No Religion 9.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Wallumbilla North 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 213 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wallumbilla North. Of these 75.6% were employed full time, 16.0% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wallumbilla North, 4.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 70.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wallumbilla North was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The most common occupations in Wallumbilla North included Managers 41.5%, Labourers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Professionals 8.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.9% and Sales Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Wallumbilla North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.2%, School Education 6.3%, Oil and Gas Extraction 4.4%, Local Government Administration 3.9% and Other Mining Support Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wallumbilla North was $634.

In Wallumbilla North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.2%, Walked only 7.7%, Truck 3.8%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wallumbilla North, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% 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, 38.9% 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 Wallumbilla North, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wallumbilla North, 36.2% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Wallumbilla North 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wallumbilla North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Wallumbilla North, of couple families with children, 35.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wallumbilla North, 76.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wallumbilla North, 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Wallumbilla North, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wallumbilla North, 53.8% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 12.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Wallumbilla North, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Wallumbilla North, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.6% 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 Wallumbilla North, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wallumbilla North, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Wallumbilla North, 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 Wallumbilla North, 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.