Waitpinga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 222 people in Waitpinga of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Waitpinga was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.0% of the population.

Of people in Waitpinga aged 15 years and over, 68.2% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waitpinga was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Waitpinga, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waitpinga was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Waitpinga 19.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 26.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waitpinga were English 40.6%, Australian 22.9%, Scottish 9.2%, German 8.5% and Irish 4.8%.

In Waitpinga, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, Germany 3.2%, New Zealand 2.3%, Scotland 2.3% and Netherlands 1.8%.

In Waitpinga, 67.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waitpinga were No Religion 30.9%, Anglican 20.2%, Catholic 14.8%, Uniting Church 13.5% and Christian, nfd 4.9%.

In Waitpinga 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 2.7% and Lithuanian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 108 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waitpinga. Of these 40.7% were employed full time, 49.1% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waitpinga, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 22.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waitpinga was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Waitpinga were Managers 23.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.9%, Professionals 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Labourers 8.5% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Waitpinga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 8.4%, Accommodation 5.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.7%, Building Installation Services 4.7% and Residential Care Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waitpinga was $522.

In Waitpinga, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Walked only 2.8%. 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 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waitpinga, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 41.5% 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 Waitpinga, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waitpinga, 23.2% were couple families with children, 68.1% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Waitpinga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $1,300.

Employment status of couple families

In Waitpinga, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waitpinga, 70.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waitpinga, 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 Waitpinga, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waitpinga, 59.0% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Waitpinga, of all households, 85.4% were family households, 14.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Waitpinga, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Waitpinga, 15.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waitpinga, 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 44 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 Waitpinga, 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 $1,883.

In Waitpinga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.