Wacol

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,957 people in Wacol of these 80.7% were male and 19.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 13.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wacol was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 3.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Wacol aged 15 years and over, 31.7% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wacol was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Wacol, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wacol was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Wacol 80.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 1.6% were in primary school, 1.7% in secondary school and 1.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wacol were English 8.0%, Australian 6.7%, Irish 2.0%, Scottish 1.7% and German 1.2%.

In Wacol, 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, Indonesia 2.9%, England 2.7%, Vietnam 1.2% and Fiji 0.6%.

In Wacol, 47.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wacol were Catholic 6.9%, No Religion 5.0%, Anglican 3.7%, Uniting Church 1.3% and Buddhism 1.1%.

In Wacol 19.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.0%, Spanish 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3% and Serbian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wacol. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 22.3% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wacol, 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wacol was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wacol included Labourers 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Professionals 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Managers 7.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Wacol, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wacol was $410.

In Wacol, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Train 8.7%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 4.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wacol, of people aged 15 years and over, 13.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 4.6% provided care for children and 1.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 2.7% 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 Wacol, 4.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wacol, 41.1% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Wacol 8.6% of single parents were male and 91.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wacol, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,028.

Employment status of couple families

In Wacol, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% 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 Wacol, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wacol, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Wacol, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 73.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wacol, 33.2% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 37.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wacol, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Wacol, 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Wacol, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wacol, there were 384 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 315 (or 82.0%) were male and 69 (or 18.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Wacol, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Wacol, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.