Willunga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,094 people in Willunga of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Willunga was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Willunga aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Willunga was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Willunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Willunga was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Willunga 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.6% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 18.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Willunga were English 38.6%, Australian 29.5%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.5% and German 6.2%.

In Willunga, 77.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Willunga, 58.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Willunga were No Religion 38.3%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 11.7%, Catholic 10.0% and Lutheran 4.1%.

In Willunga 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Arabic 0.3%, Dutch 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,047 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Willunga. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 37.3% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Willunga, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Willunga was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Willunga included Professionals 23.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Willunga, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Residential Care Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.5% and Beverage Manufacturing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Willunga was $532.

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In Willunga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 2.9%, Bicycle 1.2% and Train, car as driver 1.1%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Willunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.8% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.4% 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 Willunga, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Willunga, 46.3% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Willunga 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Willunga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,146 and those without children was $2,104.

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Employment status of couple families

In Willunga, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Willunga, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willunga, 95.4% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Willunga, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Willunga, 40.4% were owned outright, 43.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Willunga, of all households, 78.8% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 0.5% were group households.

In Willunga, 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Willunga, 31.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Willunga, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 42.9%) were male and 12 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Willunga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Willunga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $932.