Wauraltee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 266 people in Wauraltee of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wauraltee was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Wauraltee aged 15 years and over, 59.9% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wauraltee was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Wauraltee, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wauraltee was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Wauraltee 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 37.1% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wauraltee were English 34.6%, Australian 31.4%, German 8.8%, Scottish 6.5% and Irish 4.2%.

In Wauraltee, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.4%, Germany 1.1%, Iraq 1.1% and Ireland 1.1%.

In Wauraltee, 82.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wauraltee were No Religion 23.5%, Uniting Church 21.6%, Lutheran 14.9%, Anglican 12.3% and Catholic 11.9%.

In Wauraltee 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1% and Kurdish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wauraltee. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wauraltee, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wauraltee was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Wauraltee included Managers 40.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Labourers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%, Professionals 5.7%, Sales Workers 4.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Wauraltee, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.0%, School Education 6.6%, Accommodation 5.0%, Residential Care Services 4.1% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wauraltee was $493.

In Wauraltee, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 44.3%, Walked only 9.8%, Car, as passenger 5.7% and Other 2.5%. 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 49.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wauraltee, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 41.1% 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 Wauraltee, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wauraltee, 33.3% were couple families with children, 51.9% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Wauraltee 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wauraltee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Wauraltee, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wauraltee, 69.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wauraltee, 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 Wauraltee, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wauraltee, 56.7% were owned outright, 8.7% were owned with a mortgage and 31.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Wauraltee, of all households, 78.1% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wauraltee, 25.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Wauraltee, 18.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wauraltee, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Wauraltee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Wauraltee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.