Willow Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 569 people in Willow Grove of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Willow Grove was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Willow Grove aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Willow Grove was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Willow Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Willow Grove was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Willow Grove 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.8% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Willow Grove were Australian 36.3%, English 30.1%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 7.6% and Dutch 3.1%.

In Willow Grove, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Japan 0.7%, Germany 0.5%, Indonesia 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Willow Grove, 77.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Willow Grove were No Religion 32.7%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 17.7%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Willow Grove 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Japanese 0.7% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Willow Grove. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Willow Grove, 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Willow Grove was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Willow Grove included Managers 22.1%, Professionals 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Labourers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Willow Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 13.6%, School Education 7.4%, Hospitals 5.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.3% and Building Installation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Willow Grove was $571.

In Willow Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Walked only 4.3%, Truck, motorbike/scooter 3.1%, Car, as passenger 1.9% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Willow Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.2% 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 Grove, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Willow Grove, 51.9% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Willow Grove 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Willow Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Willow Grove, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Willow Grove, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willow Grove, 92.7% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Willow Grove, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willow Grove, 40.1% were owned outright, 45.8% were owned with a mortgage and 10.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Willow Grove, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 19.9% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Willow Grove, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Willow Grove, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Willow Grove, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Grove, 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 $0.

In Willow Grove, 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.