Wattle Bank

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 381 people in Wattle Bank of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wattle Bank was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Wattle Bank aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wattle Bank was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Wattle Bank, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wattle Bank was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Wattle Bank 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.8% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wattle Bank were English 33.0%, Australian 30.4%, Scottish 10.9%, Irish 9.6% and Italian 5.9%.

In Wattle Bank, 91.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, Scotland 1.3%, Denmark 1.0%, England 1.0% and Italy 1.0%.

In Wattle Bank, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wattle Bank were No Religion 32.9%, Catholic 30.3%, Anglican 12.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Wattle Bank 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Japanese 1.3% and Danish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 201 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wattle Bank. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wattle Bank, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wattle Bank was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wattle Bank included Managers 29.3%, Professionals 15.2%, Labourers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Wattle Bank, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 13.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.3%, School Education 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wattle Bank was $533.

In Wattle Bank, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Walked only 5.2%, Truck 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wattle Bank, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 13.5% 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 Wattle Bank, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wattle Bank, 51.0% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Wattle Bank 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wattle Bank, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Wattle Bank, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wattle Bank, 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Bank, 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 Wattle Bank, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Bank, 41.8% were owned outright, 39.3% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wattle Bank, of all households, 87.0% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wattle Bank, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Wattle Bank, 10.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wattle Bank, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Wattle Bank, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wattle Bank, 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.