Willalooka

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 273 people in Willalooka of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Willalooka was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Willalooka aged 15 years and over, 66.7% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Willalooka was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Willalooka, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% 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 Willalooka was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Willalooka 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.0% were in primary school, 34.6% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Willalooka were Australian 41.2%, English 33.3%, German 10.7%, Scottish 6.2% and Irish 3.1%.

In Willalooka, 90.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Zimbabwe 3.7%, England 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Willalooka, 89.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Willalooka were No Religion 22.9%, Uniting Church 21.8%, Lutheran 16.2%, Anglican 15.1% and Catholic 7.4%.

In Willalooka 97.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 167 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Willalooka. Of these 68.3% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Willalooka, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Willalooka was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Willalooka included Managers 58.5%, Labourers 12.8%, Professionals 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.9%, Sales Workers 3.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Willalooka, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 62.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%, Hospitals 3.0%, Allied Health Services 3.0% and Other Crop Growing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Willalooka was $488.

In Willalooka, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.1%, Walked only 12.7%, Truck, other 3.6%, Car, as passenger 1.8% and Other 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 36.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Willalooka, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 46.4% 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 Willalooka, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Willalooka, 48.7% were couple families with children, 47.4% were couple families without children and 3.9% were one parent families.

In Willalooka 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Willalooka, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,042 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Willalooka, of couple families with children, 29.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 35.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Willalooka, 75.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willalooka, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Willalooka, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willalooka, 42.3% were owned outright, 17.5% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Willalooka, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Willalooka, 27.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Willalooka, 8.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Willalooka, 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 0 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 Willalooka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Willalooka, 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.