The Whiteman

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 357 people in The Whiteman of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in The Whiteman was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in The Whiteman aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Whiteman was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In The Whiteman, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Whiteman was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In The Whiteman 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Whiteman were English 36.7%, Australian 29.4%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.2%.

In The Whiteman, 86.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.4%, Finland 1.4%, Netherlands 1.4% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In The Whiteman, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Whiteman were Anglican 33.3%, No Religion 20.2%, Catholic 16.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In The Whiteman 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Whiteman. Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in The Whiteman, 16.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Whiteman was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in The Whiteman included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.4%, Professionals 17.9%, Managers 15.0%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in The Whiteman, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.8%, Building Completion Services 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and Other Social Assistance Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Whiteman was $372.

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In The Whiteman, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.3%, Truck 4.3%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Other 2.1%. 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 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Whiteman, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 21.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 The Whiteman, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Whiteman, 33.6% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In The Whiteman 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Whiteman, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $966.

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Employment status of couple families

In The Whiteman, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Whiteman, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Whiteman, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Whiteman, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Whiteman, 54.9% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 6.6% were rented.

Household composition

In The Whiteman, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 12.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In The Whiteman, 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 The Whiteman, 21.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Whiteman, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 50.0%) were male and 10 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 The Whiteman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In The Whiteman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.