Wilsonton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,986 people in Wilsonton of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wilsonton was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Wilsonton aged 15 years and over, 47.0% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wilsonton was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Wilsonton, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wilsonton was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Wilsonton 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wilsonton were Australian 34.5%, English 28.2%, German 8.7%, Irish 7.8% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Wilsonton, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.0%, Philippines 0.7%, Scotland 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Wilsonton, 82.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wilsonton were Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 23.7%, No Religion 14.0%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Lutheran 6.5%.

In Wilsonton 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.4%, French 0.2%, Filipino 0.2%, Portuguese 0.2% and Rotuman 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,660 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wilsonton. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wilsonton, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wilsonton was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Wilsonton included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Labourers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Professionals 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4% and Managers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Wilsonton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.1%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wilsonton was $493.

In Wilsonton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Walked only 2.9%, Truck 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wilsonton, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Wilsonton, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wilsonton, 37.4% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Wilsonton 13.8% of single parents were male and 86.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wilsonton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,741 and those without children was $1,746.

Employment status of couple families

In Wilsonton, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wilsonton, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilsonton, 81.8% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Wilsonton, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 56.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilsonton, 35.0% were owned outright, 27.4% were owned with a mortgage and 34.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wilsonton, of all households, 65.1% were family households, 32.1% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Wilsonton, 32.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Wilsonton, 44.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wilsonton, there were 324 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 156 (or 48.1%) were male and 168 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Wilsonton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $831.

In Wilsonton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,559.