Wallabi Point (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 545 people in Wallabi Point (L) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wallabi Point (L) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Wallabi Point (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wallabi Point (L) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Wallabi Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wallabi Point (L) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wallabi Point (L) 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.6% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 19.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wallabi Point (L) were Australian 31.2%, English 30.8%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.6% and Italian 3.0%.

In Wallabi Point (L), 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Scotland 1.3%, Philippines 0.9%, New Zealand 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Wallabi Point (L), 75.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wallabi Point (L) were Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 23.4%, No Religion 22.2%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Wallabi Point (L) 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.9%, German 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, Catalan 0.5% and Ukrainian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 295 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wallabi Point (L). Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wallabi Point (L), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wallabi Point (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Wallabi Point (L) included Professionals 28.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Managers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Wallabi Point (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 13.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.3% and Hospitals 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wallabi Point (L) was $653.

In Wallabi Point (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 80.6%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 1.4% and Walked only 1.1%. 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 85.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wallabi Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Wallabi Point (L), 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wallabi Point (L), 46.0% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Wallabi Point (L) 31.6% of single parents were male and 68.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wallabi Point (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $2,222.

Employment status of couple families

In Wallabi Point (L), of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 10.4% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wallabi Point (L), 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wallabi Point (L), 92.1% were separate houses, 7.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wallabi Point (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wallabi Point (L), 33.0% were owned outright, 41.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Wallabi Point (L), of all households, 79.2% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Wallabi Point (L), 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% 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 Wallabi Point (L), 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wallabi Point (L), there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 57.9%) were male and 8 (or 42.1%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Wallabi Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

In Wallabi Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.