Wilsons Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 317 people in Wilsons Creek of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wilsons Creek was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Wilsons Creek aged 15 years and over, 41.1% were married and 19.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wilsons Creek was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Wilsons Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wilsons Creek was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Wilsons Creek 38.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were in primary school, 27.9% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wilsons Creek were English 29.9%, Australian 21.1%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.8%.

In Wilsons Creek, 58.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Germany 3.4%, Israel 2.2%, New Zealand 1.9% and United States of America 1.3%.

In Wilsons Creek, 49.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wilsons Creek were No Religion 48.6%, Anglican 7.8%, Catholic 6.3%, Judaism 2.8% and Buddhism 1.9%.

In Wilsons Creek 71.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hebrew 5.7%, German 3.2%, Italian 1.6%, Japanese 1.3% and Russian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wilsons Creek. Of these 31.9% were employed full time, 48.7% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wilsons Creek, 20.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 24.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wilsons Creek was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Wilsons Creek were Professionals 28.2%, Managers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Labourers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 5.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Wilsons Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 7.7%, Allied Health Services 5.8%, Adult, Community and Other Education 4.8%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.8% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wilsons Creek was $387.

In Wilsons Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.2%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Other 2.9% and Walked only 2.9%. 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 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wilsons Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Wilsons Creek, 32.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wilsons Creek, 39.0% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Wilsons Creek 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wilsons Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,066.

Employment status of couple families

In Wilsons Creek, of couple families with children, 5.3% had both partners employed full-time, 14.0% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wilsons Creek, 81.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilsons Creek, 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 Wilsons Creek, of occupied private dwellings 9.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilsons Creek, 41.2% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Wilsons Creek, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Wilsons Creek, 34.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Wilsons Creek, 31.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wilsons Creek, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Wilsons Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wilsons Creek, 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.