Wulkuraka

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 855 people in Wulkuraka of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wulkuraka was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.2% of the population.

Of people in Wulkuraka aged 15 years and over, 39.0% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wulkuraka was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wulkuraka, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wulkuraka was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Wulkuraka 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.0% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wulkuraka were English 30.7%, Australian 27.6%, German 8.3%, Scottish 8.1% and Irish 7.2%.

In Wulkuraka, 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 2.6%, Netherlands 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.7%.

In Wulkuraka, 69.6% 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 Wulkuraka were No Religion 23.8%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Christian, nfd 4.8%.

In Wulkuraka 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.8%, Dinka 0.8%, Dutch 0.7%, Tongan 0.6% and Korean 0.5%.

Employment

There were 441 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wulkuraka. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wulkuraka, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wulkuraka was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Wulkuraka included Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Professionals 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Labourers 10.2% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Wulkuraka, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Hospitals 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.0% and Medical Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wulkuraka was $640.

In Wulkuraka, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train 5.0%, Motorbike/scooter 1.5% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wulkuraka, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.2% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Wulkuraka, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wulkuraka, 44.5% were couple families with children, 28.8% were couple families without children and 24.2% were one parent families.

In Wulkuraka 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wulkuraka, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,981 and those without children was $1,892.

Employment status of couple families

In Wulkuraka, of couple families with children, 24.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wulkuraka, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wulkuraka, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wulkuraka, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 22.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wulkuraka, 12.9% were owned outright, 38.4% were owned with a mortgage and 47.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wulkuraka, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Wulkuraka, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Wulkuraka, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wulkuraka, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 51.2%) were male and 20 (or 48.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Wulkuraka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Wulkuraka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.