Whalan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,925 people in Whalan of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Whalan was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Whalan aged 15 years and over, 34.8% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Whalan was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Whalan, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Whalan was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Whalan 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Whalan were Australian 27.1%, English 22.9%, Irish 5.0%, Samoan 4.1% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Whalan, 67.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.2%, Philippines 2.8%, England 2.2%, Samoa 1.8% and Fiji 1.6%.

In Whalan, 50.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Whalan were Catholic 29.3%, Anglican 23.4%, No Religion 12.6%, Islam 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Whalan 71.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 4.5%, Arabic 3.1%, Hindi 2.0%, Tagalog 1.4% and Tongan 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,969 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Whalan. Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 14.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Whalan, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Whalan was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Whalan included Machinery Operators And Drivers 20.5%, Labourers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Professionals 6.2% and Managers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Whalan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, School Education 3.1% and Hospitals 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Whalan was $364.

In Whalan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Car, as passenger 9.7%, Train 6.6%, Train, bus 4.2% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 15.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Whalan, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.4% 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 Whalan, 17.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Whalan, 35.8% were couple families with children, 22.2% were couple families without children and 39.7% were one parent families.

In Whalan 14.0% of single parents were male and 86.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Whalan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,802 and those without children was $1,538.

Employment status of couple families

In Whalan, of couple families with children, 13.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 10.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Whalan, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Whalan, 89.0% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Whalan, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 63.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Whalan, 23.3% were owned outright, 22.9% were owned with a mortgage and 49.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Whalan, of all households, 74.3% were family households, 23.8% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Whalan, 36.3% 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 Whalan, 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Whalan, there were 416 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 205 (or 49.3%) were male and 211 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Whalan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $820.

In Whalan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $208 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387.