Wilmot

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 395 people in Wilmot of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wilmot was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Wilmot aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wilmot was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Wilmot, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wilmot was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Wilmot 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 21.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wilmot were English 33.7%, Australian 33.3%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 6.7% and Dutch 3.1%.

In Wilmot, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 1.0%, Malta 1.0% and Philippines 1.0%.

In Wilmot, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wilmot were No Religion 33.8%, Anglican 15.2%, Uniting Church 10.4%, Catholic 7.3% and Christian, nfd 5.1%.

In Wilmot 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Auslan 3.0%, French 1.3% and Lao 1.0%.

Employment

There were 166 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wilmot. Of these 45.8% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 10.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wilmot, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wilmot was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Wilmot included Labourers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Managers 16.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Professionals 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.7% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Wilmot, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 14.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0%, School Education 4.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.0% and Residential Care Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wilmot was $361.

In Wilmot, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.0%, Car, as passenger 10.6%, Other 4.0%, Truck 2.6% and Bicycle 2.0%. 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 62.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wilmot, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% 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, 17.6% 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 Wilmot, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wilmot, 38.4% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Wilmot 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wilmot, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,390 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Wilmot, of couple families with children, 6.3% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wilmot, 83.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilmot, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Wilmot, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilmot, 50.9% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Wilmot, of all households, 68.9% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Wilmot, 40.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Wilmot, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wilmot, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Wilmot, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Wilmot, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.