Wollar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 260 people in Wollar of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wollar was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.6% of the population.

Of people in Wollar aged 15 years and over, 42.1% were married and 18.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wollar was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Wollar, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wollar was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Wollar 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.4% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wollar were Australian 31.2%, English 26.1%, Irish 9.5%, German 7.1% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Wollar, 73.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, France 1.9%, Germany 1.2%, Greece 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Wollar, 80.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wollar were Anglican 34.4%, Catholic 18.1%, No Religion 14.7%, Christian, nfd 4.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Wollar 83.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2%, French 1.2% and Greek 1.2%.

Employment

There were 100 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wollar. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 21.0% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wollar, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wollar was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Wollar included Managers 23.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.1%, Professionals 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Labourers 10.8%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Wollar, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 14.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.6%, School Education 7.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.3% and Beverage Manufacturing 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wollar was $355.

In Wollar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Walked only 7.4%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Other 3.2% and Car as driver, bicycle 3.2%. 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 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wollar, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.1% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Wollar, 17.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wollar, 37.7% were couple families with children, 52.5% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Wollar 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wollar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Wollar, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 7.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wollar, 52.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wollar, 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 Wollar, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wollar, 52.2% were owned outright, 16.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Wollar, of all households, 64.8% were family households, 31.9% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Wollar, 45.5% 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 Wollar, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wollar, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 78.6%) were male and 3 (or 21.4%) were female. The median age was 59 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 Wollar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wollar, 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.