Willetton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 17,569 people were counted in Willetton: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton there were 3,637 children aged 0-14 years and 2,809 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, 15,262 people were Australian citizens, 6,098 were born overseas and 174 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, 55.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.8% were separated or divorced, 3.9% were widowed and 32.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, 62.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Willetton were England 8.2%, Malaysia 5.2%, New Zealand 2.0%, India 1.9% and Singapore 1.8%.

Of all people counted in Willetton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 20.7%, No Religion 18.5%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Buddhism 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 4.0%, Mandarin 3.2%, Italian 1.0%, Tamil 0.7% and Hokkien 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,703 people aged 15 years and over in Willetton were in the labour force. Of these 57.7% worked full-time, 34.4% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.6% were unemployed. 4,000 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.2%, Associate Professionals 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Managers and Administrators 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Willetton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.0%, Education 6.5%, Health Services 4.7%, Food Retailing 4.7% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, 4,927 families were counted: of these, 27.6% were couple families without children, 56.3% were couple families with children, 14.2% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, 6,046 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Willetton, 91.2% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, 44.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 37.2% were being purchased and 14.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Willetton, 80.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.