Waterloo Corner

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,157 people in Waterloo Corner of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Waterloo Corner was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.6% of the population.

Of people in Waterloo Corner aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waterloo Corner was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Waterloo Corner, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waterloo Corner was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Waterloo Corner 21.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waterloo Corner were English 25.8%, Australian 15.8%, Italian 15.6%, Vietnamese 8.0% and Irish 5.6%.

In Waterloo Corner, 57.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.8%, Vietnam 5.8%, Italy 5.2%, Scotland 1.6% and Germany 1.6%.

In Waterloo Corner, 35.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waterloo Corner were Catholic 30.2%, Anglican 15.0%, No Religion 13.6%, Buddhism 9.0% and Uniting Church 6.2%.

In Waterloo Corner 64.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 9.9%, Italian 9.8%, Greek 3.0%, Arabic 2.2% and Khmer 2.2%.

Employment

There were 400 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waterloo Corner. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waterloo Corner, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waterloo Corner was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Waterloo Corner included Managers 27.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Labourers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Professionals 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Waterloo Corner, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 18.3%, Road Freight Transport 6.7%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 5.2%, School Education 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waterloo Corner was $358.

In Waterloo Corner, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.6%, Walked only 9.8%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 4.1% and Other 2.3%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waterloo Corner, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.1% provided care for children and 16.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.5% 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 Waterloo Corner, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waterloo Corner, 34.0% were couple families with children, 55.6% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Waterloo Corner 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waterloo Corner, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,860 and those without children was $1,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Waterloo Corner, of couple families with children, 11.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 8.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waterloo Corner, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterloo Corner, 92.1% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In Waterloo Corner, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 27.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterloo Corner, 60.0% were owned outright, 18.8% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Waterloo Corner, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 27.3% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Waterloo Corner, 44.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Waterloo Corner, 42.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waterloo Corner, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Waterloo Corner, 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 $0.

In Waterloo Corner, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,384.