Waterbank

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 343 people in Waterbank of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Waterbank was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Waterbank aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waterbank was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Waterbank, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waterbank was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Waterbank 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 8.6% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waterbank were Australian 31.8%, English 21.5%, Irish 8.3%, Australian Aboriginal 5.3% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Waterbank, 73.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Philippines 1.4%, Japan 1.2% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.2%.

In Waterbank, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waterbank were No Religion 37.6%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 13.0%, Buddhism 2.6% and Eastern Orthodox 1.2%.

In Waterbank 82.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.4%, German 1.2%, Japanese 1.2%, Thai 0.9% and Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

There were 178 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waterbank. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waterbank, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waterbank was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Waterbank included Managers 21.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Professionals 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Labourers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Waterbank, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 5.4%, Accommodation 5.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.8%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2% and Adult, Community and Other Education 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waterbank was $670.

In Waterbank, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 7.7%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.0% and Bus 2.4%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waterbank, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Waterbank, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waterbank, 48.2% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Waterbank 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waterbank, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,594 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Waterbank, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waterbank, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterbank, 81.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 16.0% were other dwellings.

In Waterbank, of occupied private dwellings 17.8% had 1 bedroom, 21.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterbank, 40.4% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Waterbank, of all households, 78.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Waterbank, 20.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.9% 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 Waterbank, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waterbank, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 50.0%) were male and 20 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Waterbank, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.7, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Waterbank, 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.