Wallumbilla South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 203 people in Wallumbilla South of these 57.1% were male and 42.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wallumbilla South was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Wallumbilla South aged 15 years and over, 59.4% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wallumbilla South was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Wallumbilla South, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wallumbilla South was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wallumbilla South 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 54.2% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 6.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wallumbilla South were Australian 38.1%, English 25.4%, Scottish 11.9%, Irish 7.8% and German 4.9%.

In Wallumbilla South, 94.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Wallumbilla South, 89.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wallumbilla South were Anglican 29.7%, Uniting Church 20.8%, Catholic 18.8%, No Religion 11.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.4%.

In Wallumbilla South 98.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wallumbilla South. Of these 69.9% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wallumbilla South, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wallumbilla South was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Wallumbilla South were Managers 51.3%, Labourers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Professionals 6.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4% and Sales Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Wallumbilla South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 67.0%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.6%, Hospitals 3.6%, Iron and Steel Forging 2.7% and Fuel Retailing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wallumbilla South was $394.

In Wallumbilla South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.1%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Walked only 4.4%, Other 2.7% and Car as driver, truck, motorbike/scooter 2.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wallumbilla South, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.9% 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 South, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wallumbilla South, 44.3% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Wallumbilla South 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wallumbilla South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $724.

Employment status of couple families

In Wallumbilla South, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 32.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wallumbilla South, 68.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wallumbilla South, 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 Wallumbilla South, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wallumbilla South, 47.1% were owned outright, 18.8% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Wallumbilla South, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wallumbilla South, 46.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Wallumbilla South, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wallumbilla South, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Wallumbilla South, 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.