Walkamin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 450 people in Walkamin of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Walkamin was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Walkamin aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Walkamin was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Walkamin, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Walkamin was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Walkamin 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 33.6% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Walkamin were Australian 29.9%, English 26.8%, Italian 9.2%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 7.4%.

In Walkamin, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.4%, New Zealand 2.2%, England 2.0%, Netherlands 0.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%.

In Walkamin, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Walkamin were Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 14.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.4% and Uniting Church 8.0%.

In Walkamin 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.0%, Punjabi 1.1%, German 0.7%, Dutch 0.7% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 236 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Walkamin. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Walkamin, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Walkamin was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Walkamin included Managers 23.9%, Labourers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Professionals 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Walkamin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.5%, School Education 6.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.8%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.5% and State Government Administration 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Walkamin was $520.

In Walkamin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.6%, Walked only 11.0%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Motorbike/scooter 3.1% and Truck 1.8%. 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 58.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Walkamin, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Walkamin, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Walkamin, 41.7% were couple families with children, 48.5% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Walkamin 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Walkamin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $1,519.

Employment status of couple families

In Walkamin, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Walkamin, 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Walkamin, 89.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.4% were other dwellings.

In Walkamin, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Walkamin, 49.7% were owned outright, 19.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Walkamin, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Walkamin, 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Walkamin, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Walkamin, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Walkamin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Walkamin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.