Wyalkatchem

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 522 people in Wyalkatchem of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Wyalkatchem was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.0% of the population.

Of people in Wyalkatchem aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wyalkatchem was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Wyalkatchem, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wyalkatchem was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Wyalkatchem 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 12.8% in secondary school and 11.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wyalkatchem were Australian 39.1%, English 28.8%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 6.6% and German 2.5%.

In Wyalkatchem, 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 1.9%, India 1.1%, Ireland 0.6% and Lesotho 0.6%.

In Wyalkatchem, 70.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wyalkatchem were Anglican 29.3%, No Religion 22.6%, Catholic 16.3%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Churches of Christ 2.9%.

In Wyalkatchem 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were African Languages, nec 1.1%, Malayalam 0.8% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 221 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wyalkatchem. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wyalkatchem, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wyalkatchem was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Wyalkatchem included Managers 37.8%, Professionals 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Labourers 8.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Wyalkatchem, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 32.4%, School Education 11.1%, Hospitals 6.9%, Local Government Administration 5.6% and Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wyalkatchem was $433.

In Wyalkatchem, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.3%, Walked only 4.7%, Other 4.2%, Truck 2.8% and Car, as passenger 2.3%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wyalkatchem, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.1% 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 Wyalkatchem, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wyalkatchem, 37.7% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Wyalkatchem 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wyalkatchem, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,292 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Wyalkatchem, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.9% had both employed part-time and 9.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wyalkatchem, 72.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyalkatchem, 92.7% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Wyalkatchem, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyalkatchem, 44.5% were owned outright, 18.8% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wyalkatchem, of all households, 57.1% were family households, 40.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Wyalkatchem, 37.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Wyalkatchem, 33.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wyalkatchem, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 60.0%) were male and 6 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Wyalkatchem, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Wyalkatchem, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.