Watervale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 451 people in Watervale of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Watervale was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Watervale aged 15 years and over, 64.6% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Watervale was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Watervale, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Watervale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Watervale 22.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.8% were in primary school, 31.6% in secondary school and 5.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Watervale were English 35.3%, Australian 33.2%, German 9.8%, Scottish 7.1% and Irish 6.6%.

In Watervale, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Germany 1.1%, Austria 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Watervale, 79.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Watervale were No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 17.1%, Catholic 15.8% and Lutheran 9.1%.

In Watervale 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1% and Dutch 0.7%.

Employment

There were 250 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Watervale. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 35.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Watervale, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Watervale was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Watervale included Managers 26.9%, Labourers 19.2%, Professionals 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5% and Sales Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Watervale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 15.9%, Beverage Manufacturing 14.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.3%, Accommodation 6.1% and School Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Watervale was $548.

In Watervale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 4.4%, Other 2.0% and Truck 1.2%. 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 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Watervale, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.2% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.6% 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 Watervale, 33.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Watervale, 38.5% were couple families with children, 54.8% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Watervale 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Watervale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $1,357.

Employment status of couple families

In Watervale, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Watervale, 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watervale, 95.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Watervale, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watervale, 41.8% were owned outright, 38.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Watervale, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Watervale, 28.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Watervale, 20.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Watervale, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Watervale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Watervale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $500.