Wickepin (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 750 people in Wickepin (S) of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wickepin (S) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in Wickepin (S) aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wickepin (S) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Wickepin (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wickepin (S) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Wickepin (S) 23.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.3% were in primary school, 11.4% in secondary school and 8.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wickepin (S) were Australian 37.6%, English 34.5%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 6.3% and German 2.7%.

In Wickepin (S), 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Wickepin (S), 74.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wickepin (S) were No Religion 31.1%, Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 14.9%, Uniting Church 13.6% and Christian, nfd 2.0%.

In Wickepin (S) 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1%, Italian 0.5% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.4%.

Employment

There were 370 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wickepin (S). Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Wickepin (S), 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wickepin (S) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Wickepin (S) included Managers 44.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Labourers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Professionals 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1% and Sales Workers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Wickepin (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 45.5%, School Education 8.3%, Local Government Administration 6.9%, Hospitals 2.2% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 1.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wickepin (S) was $496.

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In Wickepin (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.8%, Walked only 10.5%, Truck 2.8%, Other 2.8% and Car, as passenger 2.5%. 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 44.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wickepin (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 45.5% 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 Wickepin (S), 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wickepin (S), 37.1% were couple families with children, 45.2% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Wickepin (S) 38.9% of single parents were male and 61.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wickepin (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,406 and those without children was $1,416.

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Employment status of couple families

In Wickepin (S), of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wickepin (S), 70.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wickepin (S), 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Wickepin (S), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wickepin (S), 49.8% were owned outright, 19.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wickepin (S), of all households, 71.5% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Wickepin (S), 35.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Wickepin (S), 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wickepin (S), there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 38.1%) were male and 13 (or 61.9%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Wickepin (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Wickepin (S), 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.