Wild Dog Valley (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 533 people in Wild Dog Valley (SA) of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wild Dog Valley (SA) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Wild Dog Valley (SA) aged 15 years and over, 65.9% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wild Dog Valley (SA) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wild Dog Valley (SA) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA) 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.0% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wild Dog Valley (SA) were English 34.0%, Australian 32.7%, German 10.0%, Scottish 8.4% and Irish 4.6%.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), 92.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 0.9%, England 0.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), 84.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wild Dog Valley (SA) were No Religion 21.2%, Uniting Church 19.4%, Catholic 15.0%, Anglican 14.8% and Lutheran 8.6%.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA) 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.9% and Greek 0.8%.

Employment

There were 298 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wild Dog Valley (SA). Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wild Dog Valley (SA), 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wild Dog Valley (SA) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Wild Dog Valley (SA) included Managers 47.6%, Labourers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Professionals 5.9%, Sales Workers 4.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Wild Dog Valley (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.9%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.1%, School Education 3.1%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wild Dog Valley (SA) was $567.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.1%, Walked only 5.6%, Other 2.4%, Car, as passenger 1.4% and Truck 1.0%. 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 53.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 40.1% 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 Wild Dog Valley (SA), 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wild Dog Valley (SA), 46.5% were couple families with children, 49.7% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,650 and those without children was $1,485.

Employment status of couple families

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), of couple families with children, 26.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), 73.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wild Dog Valley (SA), 97.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wild Dog Valley (SA), 45.8% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), of all households, 81.2% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Wild Dog Valley (SA), 15.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Wild Dog Valley (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wild Dog Valley (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.