Watsonville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 344 people in Watsonville of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Watsonville was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Watsonville aged 15 years and over, 29.4% were married and 23.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Watsonville was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 42 years.

In Watsonville, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Watsonville was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Watsonville 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.8% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 8.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Watsonville were English 27.0%, Australian 22.2%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.3% and German 5.9%.

In Watsonville, 64.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 2.0%, Germany 1.7%, United States of America 1.5% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.9%.

In Watsonville, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Watsonville were No Religion 34.7%, Anglican 12.0%, Catholic 10.5%, Christian, nfd 5.5% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Watsonville 76.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Djabugay 1.5% and German 1.2%.

Employment

There were 111 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Watsonville. Of these 35.1% were employed full time, 40.5% were employed part-time and 16.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Watsonville, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Watsonville included Community and Personal Service Workers 18.3%, Labourers 18.3%, Managers 15.1%, Professionals 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Watsonville, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 15.8%, Local Government Administration 7.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.2% and Other Livestock Farming 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Watsonville was $324.

In Watsonville, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 58.5%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 5.3% and Bus 3.2%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Watsonville, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.5% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Watsonville, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Watsonville, 31.8% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 28.8% were one parent families.

In Watsonville 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Watsonville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Watsonville, of couple families with children, 10.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.0% had both employed part-time and 6.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Watsonville, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watsonville, 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 Watsonville, of occupied private dwellings 19.0% had 1 bedroom, 31.4% had 2 bedrooms and 31.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watsonville, 58.3% were owned outright, 19.2% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Watsonville, of all households, 52.5% were family households, 45.1% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Watsonville, 64.7% 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 Watsonville, 48.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Watsonville, 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 28 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 Watsonville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Watsonville, 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.