Walgett

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,625 people in Walgett of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 50.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Walgett was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Walgett aged 15 years and over, 29.6% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Walgett was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Walgett, of people aged 15 years and over, 28.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Walgett was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Walgett 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 11.4% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Walgett were Australian 43.2%, English 22.9%, Irish 5.4%, Scottish 4.1% and Australian Aboriginal 3.3%.

In Walgett, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%, India 0.4%, England 0.4% and Finland 0.3%.

In Walgett, 88.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Walgett were Anglican 40.5%, Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 9.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6% and Uniting Church 1.1%.

In Walgett 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.5%, Gujarati 0.4%, Gaelic (Scotland) 0.2%, Arabic 0.2% and Malayalam 0.2%.

Employment

There were 647 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Walgett. Of these 63.5% were employed full time, 21.6% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Walgett, 5.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Walgett was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Walgett included Community and Personal Service Workers 19.2%, Professionals 18.3%, Labourers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Managers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8% and Sales Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Walgett, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.3%, Local Government Administration 7.8%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Walgett was $547.

In Walgett, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.2%, Walked only 21.8%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 2.7% and Ferry 0.8%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Walgett, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Walgett, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Walgett, 34.9% were couple families with children, 29.0% were couple families without children and 34.1% were one parent families.

In Walgett 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Walgett, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,205 and those without children was $1,976.

Employment status of couple families

In Walgett, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Walgett, 82.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Walgett, 88.3% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Walgett, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 43.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Walgett, 19.3% were owned outright, 21.8% were owned with a mortgage and 53.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Walgett, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Walgett, 23.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.4% 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 Walgett, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Walgett, there were 821 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 383 (or 46.7%) were male and 438 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Walgett, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,048.

In Walgett, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $810.