Wills

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Area code CED237
People 169,649
Male 48.9%
Female 51.1%
Median age 35
Families 41,841
Average children per family  null
for families with children 1.8
for all households (a) 0.6
All private dwellings 73,746
Average people per household 2.5
Median weekly household income $1,515
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,950
Median weekly rent $356
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.4

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Male 82,916 48.9 2,908,077 49.1 11,546,638 49.3
Female 86,728 51.1 3,018,549 50.9 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 856 0.5 47,788 0.8 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 169,649 people in Wills. Of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

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Age Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median age 35 -- 37 -- 38 --
0-4 years 10,637 6.3 371,220 6.3 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 9,109 5.4 368,631 6.2 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 7,585 4.5 341,063 5.8 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 7,513 4.4 356,340 6.0 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 13,330 7.9 413,792 7.0 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 18,448 10.9 441,266 7.4 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 18,073 10.7 447,927 7.6 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 14,733 8.7 404,026 6.8 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 12,064 7.1 401,887 6.8 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 10,801 6.4 402,043 6.8 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 9,400 5.5 378,371 6.4 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 8,078 4.8 357,616 6.0 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 6,534 3.9 319,840 5.4 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 5,617 3.3 291,397 4.9 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 4,483 2.6 218,203 3.7 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 4,699 2.8 165,115 2.8 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 4,127 2.4 119,895 2.0 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 4,431 2.6 127,993 2.2 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Wills was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Married 59,353 41.7 2,344,107 48.4 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 3,514 2.5 146,493 3.0 608,059 3.2
Divorced 9,300 6.5 382,544 7.9 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 7,890 5.5 251,674 5.2 985,204 5.2
Never married 62,260 43.7 1,720,887 35.5 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Wills aged 15 years and over, 41.7% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 52,009 40.5 2,060,766 47.8 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 15,877 12.4 422,258 9.8 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 60,568 47.2 1,830,228 42.4 7,024,973 41.9

In Wills, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Preschool 2,618 5.1 94,970 5.2 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 6,818 13.3 313,881 17.2 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 3,120 6.1 102,778 5.6 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 1,184 2.3 52,041 2.8 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 4,484 8.7 201,166 11.0 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 2,011 3.9 88,999 4.9 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 1,163 2.3 73,973 4.0 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 2,929 5.7 103,685 5.7 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 13,864 27.0 325,051 17.8 1,160,626 16.1
Other 1,895 3.7 59,498 3.3 198,383 2.8
Not stated 11,266 21.9 413,199 22.6 1,707,023 23.7

In Wills 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.7% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 32.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 48,017 33.7 1,177,540 24.3 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 11,909 8.4 447,023 9.2 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 3,174 2.2 138,313 2.9 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 11,193 7.9 555,583 11.5 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 23,529 16.5 772,461 15.9 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 5,737 4.0 298,342 6.2 941,531 4.9
Year 10 7,059 5.0 376,237 7.8 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 59 0.0 3,233 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 12 0.0 542 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 13,485 9.5 430,152 8.9 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 2,410 1.7 48,920 1.0 145,844 0.8
Not stated 12,974 9.1 482,823 10.0 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Wills, 16.5% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 10.1% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 8.4% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
English 37,849 16.9 1,769,214 22.6 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 34,500 15.4 1,653,291 21.1 7,298,243 23.3
Italian 26,305 11.8 352,711 4.5 1,000,006 3.2
Irish 17,793 8.0 597,249 7.6 2,388,058 7.6
Scottish 11,724 5.2 492,281 6.3 2,023,470 6.4

The most common ancestries in Wills were English 16.9%, Australian 15.4%, Italian 11.8%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 5.2%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Wills (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Australia 101,337 59.7 3,845,493 64.9 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
Italy 8,099 4.8 70,527 1.2 174,042 0.7
India 4,146 2.4 169,802 2.9 455,389 1.9
Greece 3,488 2.1 47,240 0.8 93,743 0.4
England 3,393 2.0 171,443 2.9 907,570 3.9
Pakistan 3,076 1.8 21,125 0.4 61,913 0.3

In Wills, 59.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.8%, India 2.4%, Greece 2.1%, England 2.0% and Pakistan 1.8%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 81,225 47.9 2,283,741 38.5 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 12,493 7.4 365,528 6.2 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 8,319 4.9 259,832 4.4 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 56,299 33.2 2,611,265 44.1 11,070,538 47.3

In Wills, 33.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Australia 64,871 38.2 2,886,502 48.7 12,231,150 52.3
Italy 17,094 10.1 184,608 3.1 470,138 2.0
Greece 6,910 4.1 107,736 1.8 226,920 1.0
Lebanon 6,487 3.8 41,021 0.7 196,333 0.8
India 5,565 3.3 225,885 3.8 616,939 2.6

In Wills, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 38.2%, Italy 10.1%, Greece 4.1%, Lebanon 3.8% and India 3.3%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Australia 69,193 40.8 2,996,642 50.6 12,643,365 54.0
Italy 15,727 9.3 161,359 2.7 395,775 1.7
Greece 6,511 3.8 100,642 1.7 206,674 0.9
Lebanon 6,072 3.6 36,895 0.6 176,241 0.8
India 5,368 3.2 222,339 3.8 605,777 2.6

In Wills, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 40.8%, Italy 9.3%, Greece 3.8%, Lebanon 3.6% and India 3.2%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 54,558 32.2 1,876,738 31.7 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 45,999 27.1 1,377,134 23.2 5,291,834 22.6
Islam 16,048 9.5 197,030 3.3 604,240 2.6
Not stated 15,526 9.2 555,956 9.4 2,238,735 9.6
Eastern Orthodox 10,773 6.3 204,587 3.5 502,801 2.1

The most common responses for religion in Wills were No Religion, so described 32.2%, Catholic 27.1%, Islam 9.5%, Not stated 9.2% and Eastern Orthodox 6.3%. In Wills, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (47.0%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Italian 13,121 7.7 112,272 1.9 271,597 1.2
Arabic 7,989 4.7 79,589 1.3 321,728 1.4
Greek 7,642 4.5 110,707 1.9 237,588 1.0
Urdu 3,840 2.3 23,205 0.4 69,293 0.3
Mandarin 3,246 1.9 191,793 3.2 596,711 2.5
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English only spoken at home 96,229 56.7 4,026,811 67.9 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 27,425 40.6 624,141 27.8 1,971,011 22.2

In Wills 56.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.7%, Arabic 4.7%, Greek 4.5%, Urdu 2.3% and Mandarin 1.9%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 52,375 58.1 1,670,556 57.0 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 27,485 30.5 920,875 31.4 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 4,151 4.6 144,696 4.9 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 6,130 6.8 193,465 6.6 787,452 6.9

There were 90,141 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wills. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 8,911 10.6 329,396 12.0 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 9,123 10.9 286,191 10.5 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 9,448 11.2 305,282 11.2 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 16,384 19.5 511,004 18.7 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 35,995 42.8 1,159,551 42.4 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Wills, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Professionals 26,239 31.2 636,220 23.3 2,370,966 22.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers 11,348 13.5 363,216 13.3 1,449,681 13.6
Managers 10,392 12.4 369,921 13.5 1,390,047 13.0
Technicians and Trades Workers 9,635 11.5 358,749 13.1 1,447,414 13.5
Community and Personal Service Workers 8,569 10.2 289,348 10.6 1,157,003 10.8
Sales Workers 7,135 8.5 265,142 9.7 1,000,955 9.4
Labourers 5,855 7.0 247,428 9.0 1,011,520 9.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers 3,470 4.1 159,193 5.8 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Wills included Professionals 31.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Managers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 4.1%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3,472 4.1 110,827 4.1 411,808 3.9
Cafes and Restaurants 3,088 3.7 69,149 2.5 253,385 2.4
Higher Education 2,992 3.6 44,970 1.6 155,985 1.5
Computer System Design and Related Services 2,025 2.4 50,234 1.8 162,884 1.5
Secondary Education 1,688 2.0 43,766 1.6 177,487 1.7

Of the employed people in Wills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 4.1%, Cafes and Restaurants 3.7%, Higher Education 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 2.4% and Secondary Education 2.0%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Personal 686 -- 644 -- 662 --
Family 1,862 -- 1,715 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,515 -- 1,419 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wills was $686.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 40,143 47.8 1,691,496 61.8 6,574,571 61.5
Train 8,085 9.6 157,750 5.8 488,012 4.6
Tram 7,703 9.2 51,140 1.9 58,736 0.5
Bicycle 4,762 5.7 33,963 1.2 107,756 1.0
Worked at home 2,992 3.6 126,918 4.6 503,582 4.7
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People who travelled to work by public transport 21,617 25.7 345,108 12.6 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 44,809 53.3 1,868,937 68.3 7,305,271 68.4

In Wills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.8%, Train 9.6%, Tram 9.2%, Bicycle 5.7% and Worked at home 3.6%. On the day, 25.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 98,065 68.9 3,315,451 68.4 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 33,398 23.5 1,329,164 27.4 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 16,059 11.3 560,866 11.6 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 24,067 16.9 931,546 19.2 3,620,726 19.0

In Wills, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 37,233 26.2 1,130,813 23.3 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 37,773 26.5 1,232,398 25.4 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 13,341 9.4 535,249 11.0 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 9,718 6.8 416,986 8.6 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Wills, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 16,176 38.7 559,717 36.5 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 18,542 44.3 709,965 46.3 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 5,944 14.2 234,596 15.3 959,543 15.8
Other family 1,187 2.8 27,800 1.8 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Wills, 44.3% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Male -- 17.3 -- 17.8 -- 18.2
Female -- 82.7 -- 82.2 -- 81.8

In Wills, 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 8,100 23.3 265,107 20.9 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 1,485 4.3 52,749 4.2 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 7,696 22.2 291,419 23.0 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 5,328 15.3 198,294 15.6 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 1,970 5.7 77,946 6.1 302,037 6.0
Both not working 6,364 18.3 247,456 19.5 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 1,848 5.3 67,309 5.3 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 1,925 5.5 69,393 5.5 311,381 6.2

In Wills, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 63,876 91.1 2,112,699 88.3 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 6,241 8.9 278,629 11.7 1,039,874 11.2

In Wills, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Separate house 35,774 56.0 1,546,945 73.2 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 16,843 26.4 300,918 14.2 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 10,746 16.8 246,040 11.6 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 277 0.4 11,093 0.5 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Wills, 56.0% were separate houses, 26.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.8% were flats or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 288 0.5 8,279 0.4 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 4,966 7.8 107,356 5.1 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 21,017 32.9 407,620 19.3 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 26,563 41.6 930,257 44.0 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 9,457 14.8 608,502 28.8 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 1,586 2.5 50,691 2.4 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 2.7 -- 3 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.5 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Wills, of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 32.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Owned outright 19,180 30.0 682,685 32.3 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 18,467 28.9 746,502 35.3 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 24,048 37.7 607,354 28.7 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 365 0.6 17,178 0.8 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 1,812 2.8 58,983 2.8 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Wills, 30.0% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 37.7% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Family households 40,963 64.1 1,495,290 70.8 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 17,221 27.0 521,828 24.7 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 5,687 8.9 95,588 4.5 354,917 4.3

In Wills, of all households, 64.1% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 8.9% were group households.

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Household income Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 19.9 -- 20.3 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 17.0 -- 15.5 -- 16.4

In Wills, 19.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 17.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median rent 356 -- 325 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 87.3 -- 89.6 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 12.7 -- 10.4 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,950 -- 1,728 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 94.2 -- 92.5 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 5.8 -- 7.5 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
None 8,610 13.5 166,061 7.9 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 27,867 43.6 722,675 34.2 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 18,460 28.9 776,286 36.7 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 6,784 10.6 374,426 17.7 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 2,155 3.4 73,257 3.5 285,197 3.4

In Wills, 43.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 9,789 15.3 287,506 13.6 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 52,349 82.0 1,768,050 83.7 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 1,739 2.7 57,157 2.7 221,494 2.7

In Wills, 82.0% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Male 406 47.4 23,622 49.4 322,171 49.6
Female 451 52.6 24,159 50.6 326,996 50.4
Median age 28 -- 23 -- 23 --

In Wills, 47.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 52.6% were female. The median age was 28 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 2.6 -- 3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 1,395 -- 1,200 -- 1,203 --

In Wills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,395.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Wills % Wills Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 360 -- 261 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,990 -- 1,517 -- 1,660 --

In Wills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,990.

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Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.