Willow Vale (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,015 people in Willow Vale (Qld) of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Willow Vale (Qld) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Willow Vale (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Willow Vale (Qld) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Willow Vale (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Willow Vale (Qld) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Willow Vale (Qld) 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 30.0% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Willow Vale (Qld) were English 32.4%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 5.9% and German 5.4%.

In Willow Vale (Qld), 67.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 6.0%, South Africa 2.6%, Netherlands 0.8% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Willow Vale (Qld), 51.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Willow Vale (Qld) were Anglican 26.5%, No Religion 19.9%, Catholic 18.6%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Christian, nfd 4.8%.

In Willow Vale (Qld) 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.1%, Dutch 0.5%, Polish 0.5%, German 0.4% and Russian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 518 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Willow Vale (Qld). Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Willow Vale (Qld), 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Willow Vale (Qld) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Willow Vale (Qld) included Managers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Professionals 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Willow Vale (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, School Education 3.1%, Building Completion Services 2.7% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Willow Vale (Qld) was $604.

In Willow Vale (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 2.1%, Train 1.6% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Willow Vale (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Willow Vale (Qld), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Willow Vale (Qld), 57.2% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Willow Vale (Qld) 31.0% of single parents were male and 69.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Willow Vale (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,364 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Willow Vale (Qld), of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Willow Vale (Qld), 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willow Vale (Qld), 99.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Willow Vale (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.3% had 2 bedrooms and 22.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willow Vale (Qld), 28.0% were owned outright, 57.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Willow Vale (Qld), of all households, 90.1% were family households, 7.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Willow Vale (Qld), 11.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.2% 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 Willow Vale (Qld), 13.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Willow Vale (Qld), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Willow Vale (Qld), 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 $2,250.

In Willow Vale (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,600.