West Ulverstone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,337 people in West Ulverstone of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.8% of the population.

The median age of people in West Ulverstone was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in West Ulverstone aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Ulverstone was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In West Ulverstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Ulverstone was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In West Ulverstone 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Ulverstone were English 36.3%, Australian 35.0%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.1% and Dutch 2.7%.

In West Ulverstone, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Netherlands 0.9%, New Zealand 0.5%, Scotland 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In West Ulverstone, 82.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Ulverstone were No Religion 26.0%, Anglican 21.6%, Catholic 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In West Ulverstone 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.3%, German 0.1%, Tagalog 0.1%, Afrikaans 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,748 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Ulverstone. Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Ulverstone, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Ulverstone was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in West Ulverstone included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Labourers 14.7%, Professionals 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in West Ulverstone, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Fruit and Vegetable Processing 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Ulverstone was $416.

In West Ulverstone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.9%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 2.8%, Truck 0.7% and Other 0.6%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Ulverstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 West Ulverstone, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Ulverstone, 35.7% were couple families with children, 43.5% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In West Ulverstone 14.0% of single parents were male and 86.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Ulverstone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,900 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In West Ulverstone, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Ulverstone, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Ulverstone, 85.8% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In West Ulverstone, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 60.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Ulverstone, 38.5% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.7% were rented.

Household composition

In West Ulverstone, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In West Ulverstone, 37.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 West Ulverstone, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Ulverstone, there were 338 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 158 (or 46.7%) were male and 180 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 West Ulverstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $825.

In West Ulverstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.