Wee Waa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,089 people in Wee Waa of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wee Waa was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Wee Waa aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wee Waa was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Wee Waa, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wee Waa was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Wee Waa 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wee Waa were Australian 43.2%, English 27.3%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 6.0% and German 3.2%.

In Wee Waa, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were United States of America 1.1%, New Zealand 0.7%, England 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Wee Waa, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wee Waa were Anglican 36.7%, Catholic 29.4%, No Religion 12.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.1% and Uniting Church 1.7%.

In Wee Waa 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Serbian 0.3%, Vietnamese 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 977 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wee Waa. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 22.3% were employed part-time and 8.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wee Waa, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wee Waa was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Wee Waa included Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.5%, Managers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Wee Waa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 9.9%, Other Crop Growing 8.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, School Education 6.8% and Road Freight Transport 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wee Waa was $497.

In Wee Waa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Truck 3.5% and Other 1.2%. 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 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wee Waa, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Wee Waa, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wee Waa, 42.6% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Wee Waa 19.6% of single parents were male and 80.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wee Waa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,787 and those without children was $1,442.

Employment status of couple families

In Wee Waa, of couple families with children, 24.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wee Waa, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wee Waa, 89.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Wee Waa, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wee Waa, 33.4% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Wee Waa, of all households, 67.2% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Wee Waa, 35.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Wee Waa, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wee Waa, there were 370 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 186 (or 50.3%) were male and 184 (or 49.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Wee Waa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $685.

In Wee Waa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $131 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,141.