Wellstead

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 157 people in Wellstead of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wellstead was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Wellstead aged 15 years and over, 62.2% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wellstead was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Wellstead, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wellstead was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Wellstead 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 66.7% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wellstead were Australian 34.9%, English 34.0%, Irish 10.5%, German 5.5% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Wellstead, 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 2.6%, Netherlands 1.9% and South Africa 1.9%.

In Wellstead, 79.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wellstead were No Religion 38.1%, Anglican 25.8%, Catholic 11.6%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Wellstead 100.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 88 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wellstead. Of these 73.9% were employed full time, 21.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wellstead, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wellstead was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Wellstead included Managers 51.7%, Labourers 18.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6%, Professionals 4.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.4% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Wellstead, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 60.2%, School Education 8.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.7%, Other Health Care Services 5.7% and Exploration 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wellstead was $581.

In Wellstead, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 37.5%, Walked only 9.1%, Other 6.8% and Bus 4.5%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wellstead, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 43.6% 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 Wellstead, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wellstead, 55.6% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Wellstead, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Wellstead, of couple families with children, 37.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wellstead, 67.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wellstead, 89.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.3% were other dwellings.

In Wellstead, of occupied private dwellings 11.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 37.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wellstead, 59.3% were owned outright, 10.2% were owned with a mortgage and 30.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Wellstead, of all households, 74.1% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wellstead, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% 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 Wellstead, 15.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wellstead, 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 Wellstead, 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 Wellstead, 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.