Willow Tree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 422 people in Willow Tree of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Willow Tree was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Willow Tree aged 15 years and over, 52.8% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Willow Tree was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Willow Tree, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Willow Tree was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Willow Tree 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Willow Tree were Australian 38.0%, English 31.1%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 5.5% and German 2.9%.

In Willow Tree, 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Netherlands 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, Finland 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Willow Tree, 88.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Willow Tree were Anglican 38.5%, Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 8.3%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Baptist 1.0%.

In Willow Tree 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Arabic 1.0%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Willow Tree. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Willow Tree, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Willow Tree was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Willow Tree included Managers 20.2%, Labourers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Professionals 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Willow Tree, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.6%, Road Freight Transport 8.3%, Hospitals 6.0%, Other Livestock Farming 4.8% and Coal Mining 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Willow Tree was $402.

In Willow Tree, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.7%, Walked only 8.9%, Car, as passenger 5.4% and Truck 4.8%. 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 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Willow Tree, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.0% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.2% 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 Willow Tree, 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Willow Tree, 31.6% were couple families with children, 56.4% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Willow Tree 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Willow Tree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,678 and those without children was $1,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Willow Tree, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Willow Tree, 77.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willow Tree, 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 Willow Tree, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 24.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willow Tree, 50.9% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Willow Tree, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Willow Tree, 44.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Willow Tree, 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Willow Tree, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Willow Tree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Willow Tree, 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.