Mount Walker (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 172 people in Mount Walker (WA) of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Walker (WA) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Walker (WA) aged 15 years and over, 68.1% were married and 4.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Walker (WA) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Walker (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Walker (WA) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Mount Walker (WA) 19.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.8% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Walker (WA) were Australian 33.6%, English 28.2%, Scottish 7.9%, German 6.6% and Italian 6.6%.

In Mount Walker (WA), 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.0%, Netherlands 3.0% and Philippines 3.0%.

In Mount Walker (WA), 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Walker (WA) were Anglican 25.7%, Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 23.4%, Seventh-day Adventist 12.9% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Mount Walker (WA) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 114 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Walker (WA). Of these 76.3% were employed full time, 16.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Walker (WA), 3.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 71.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Walker (WA) was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mount Walker (WA) were Managers 69.0%, Labourers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%, Professionals 4.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Walker (WA), the only responses for industry of employent were Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 74.3%, School Education 9.7%, Furniture Manufacturing 3.5% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Walker (WA) was $568.

In Mount Walker (WA), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 26.5%, Walked only 19.5%, Other 9.7% and Truck 2.7%. 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 30.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Walker (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.4% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.2% 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 Mount Walker (WA), 13.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Walker (WA), 36.4% were couple families with children, 63.6% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Walker (WA) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Walker (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Walker (WA), of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Walker (WA), 65.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Walker (WA), 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 Mount Walker (WA), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Walker (WA), 66.7% were owned outright, 8.7% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Walker (WA), of all households, 80.3% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Walker (WA), 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Mount Walker (WA), 23.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Walker (WA), 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 Mount Walker (WA), 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 Mount Walker (WA), 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.