Wool Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 608 people in Wool Bay of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wool Bay was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.4% of the population.

Of people in Wool Bay aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wool Bay was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wool Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wool Bay was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Wool Bay 20.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.8% were in primary school, 29.8% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wool Bay were Australian 38.2%, English 32.5%, German 8.2%, Scottish 8.1% and Irish 4.3%.

In Wool Bay, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Netherlands 0.7%, Croatia 0.5%, Cyprus 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Wool Bay, 78.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wool Bay were No Religion 22.8%, Uniting Church 22.8%, Anglican 14.6%, Catholic 8.5% and Lutheran 7.4%.

In Wool Bay 96.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 1.2% and Pitjantjatjara 0.5%.

Employment

There were 284 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wool Bay. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wool Bay, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wool Bay was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Wool Bay included Managers 37.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Labourers 12.9%, Professionals 9.2%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Wool Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 32.4%, School Education 7.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.6%, Hospitals 4.4% and Residential Care Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wool Bay was $385.

In Wool Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.2%, Walked only 5.1%, Truck 3.3%, Car as driver, car as passenger 1.5% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 1.5%. 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 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wool Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 17.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.6% 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 Wool Bay, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wool Bay, 32.1% were couple families with children, 57.4% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Wool Bay 36.8% of single parents were male and 63.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wool Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,465.

Employment status of couple families

In Wool Bay, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wool Bay, 66.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wool Bay, 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 Wool Bay, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wool Bay, 62.7% were owned outright, 19.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wool Bay, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Wool Bay, 32.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Wool Bay, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wool Bay, 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 Wool Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wool Bay, 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.