Wattle Camp

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 490 people in Wattle Camp of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wattle Camp was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Wattle Camp aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wattle Camp was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wattle Camp, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wattle Camp was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Wattle Camp 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wattle Camp were Australian 34.7%, English 30.7%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.2% and German 4.4%.

In Wattle Camp, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 3.5%, Netherlands 1.4%, Philippines 1.0% and France 0.8%.

In Wattle Camp, 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wattle Camp were Anglican 24.3%, No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 18.2%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Wattle Camp 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, French 0.6%, Spanish 0.6%, Hungarian 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 158 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wattle Camp. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wattle Camp, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wattle Camp was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Wattle Camp included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Labourers 19.7%, Professionals 15.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Managers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Wattle Camp, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.6%, Residential Care Services 5.6% and Other Food Product Manufacturing 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wattle Camp was $371.

In Wattle Camp, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 9.9%, Other 2.8%, Bus, car as driver 2.1% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wattle Camp, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Wattle Camp, 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wattle Camp, 36.9% were couple families with children, 51.8% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Wattle Camp 35.0% of single parents were male and 65.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wattle Camp, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Wattle Camp, of couple families with children, 6.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wattle Camp, 74.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Camp, 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 Wattle Camp, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 28.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Camp, 43.8% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 10.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wattle Camp, of all households, 78.2% were family households, 20.1% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Wattle Camp, 41.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Wattle Camp, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wattle Camp, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 33.3%) were male and 8 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Wattle Camp, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Wattle Camp, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.