Western Junction

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 298 people in Western Junction of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Western Junction was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Western Junction aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Western Junction was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Western Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Western Junction was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Western Junction 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.7% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Western Junction were Australian 39.8%, English 35.8%, Scottish 4.6%, Irish 4.6% and South African 3.5%.

In Western Junction, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.4%, South Africa 3.1% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Western Junction, 81.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Western Junction were Anglican 28.0%, No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 17.6%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.4%.

In Western Junction 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 2.0%, French 1.4% and Polish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Western Junction. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Western Junction, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Western Junction was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Western Junction included Managers 21.6%, Professionals 15.4%, Labourers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Western Junction, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, State Government Administration 5.6%, School Education 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3% and Hospitals 3.7%.

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

In Western Junction, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Walked only 3.1%, Car, as passenger 2.5%, Bus 1.9% and Other 1.9%. 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 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Western Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Western Junction, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Western Junction, 44.3% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Western Junction 55.6% of single parents were male and 44.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Western Junction, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $2,049.

Employment status of couple families

In Western Junction, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Western Junction, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Western Junction, 97.4% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Western Junction, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.5% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Western Junction, 37.2% were owned outright, 37.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Western Junction, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Western Junction, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Western Junction, 25.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Western Junction, 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 Western Junction, 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 Western Junction, 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.