Williams Landing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,223 people in Williams Landing of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Williams Landing was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Williams Landing aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Williams Landing was 34 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Williams Landing, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Williams Landing was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Williams Landing 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Williams Landing were Indian 14.3%, Australian 13.9%, English 13.0%, Chinese 6.2% and Filipino 4.5%.

In Williams Landing, 47.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 13.8%, New Zealand 4.6%, Philippines 4.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.5% and England 1.9%.

In Williams Landing, 23.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Williams Landing were Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 19.8%, Hinduism 12.5%, Islam 9.1% and Anglican 5.3%.

In Williams Landing 46.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 4.7%, Mandarin 4.0%, Telugu 3.3%, Punjabi 2.6% and Arabic 2.3%.

Employment

There were 1,856 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Williams Landing. Of these 69.5% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Williams Landing, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Williams Landing was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Williams Landing included Professionals 25.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%, Labourers 7.5% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Williams Landing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.8%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.5% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Williams Landing was $809.

In Williams Landing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.1%, Train 9.6%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 3.6% and Train, car as driver 3.4%. On the day, 18.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Williams Landing, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Williams Landing, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Williams Landing, 51.6% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Williams Landing 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Williams Landing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,204 and those without children was $2,388.

Employment status of couple families

In Williams Landing, of couple families with children, 35.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Williams Landing, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Williams Landing, 87.9% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Williams Landing, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Williams Landing, 8.0% were owned outright, 66.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Williams Landing, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Williams Landing, 9.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.5% 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 Williams Landing, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Williams Landing, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Williams Landing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Williams Landing, 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.