Woods Point (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 565 people in Woods Point (SA) of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Woods Point (SA) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Woods Point (SA) aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 16.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woods Point (SA) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Woods Point (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% 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 Woods Point (SA) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Woods Point (SA) 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woods Point (SA) were Australian 34.0%, English 29.5%, German 11.5%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 5.8%.

In Woods Point (SA), 88.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Italy 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5%, New Zealand 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Woods Point (SA), 80.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woods Point (SA) were No Religion 31.9%, Catholic 17.6%, Anglican 12.4%, Lutheran 11.0% and Uniting Church 10.8%.

In Woods Point (SA) 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Dutch 0.5%, Arabic 0.5%, Vietnamese 0.5% and Tagalog 0.5%.

Employment

There were 303 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woods Point (SA). Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woods Point (SA), 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woods Point (SA) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Woods Point (SA) included Managers 30.0%, Labourers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Professionals 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Woods Point (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 10.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, School Education 4.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.0% and Other Crop Growing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woods Point (SA) was $524.

In Woods Point (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 1.8% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woods Point (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Woods Point (SA), 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woods Point (SA), 36.9% were couple families with children, 49.2% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Woods Point (SA) 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woods Point (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,478.

Employment status of couple families

In Woods Point (SA), of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woods Point (SA), 78.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woods Point (SA), 90.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.4% were other dwellings.

In Woods Point (SA), of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woods Point (SA), 44.4% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 14.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Woods Point (SA), of all households, 79.3% were family households, 18.9% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Woods Point (SA), 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Woods Point (SA), 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woods Point (SA), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 64 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 Woods Point (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Woods Point (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 $0.