Williams Landing

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 6,646 people in Williams Landing. Of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Williams Landing was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.2% of the population.

Of people in Williams Landing aged 15 years and over, 64.6% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

In Williams Landing, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

In Williams Landing 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Williams Landing, 15.8% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 8.6% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Williams Landing were Indian 19.1%, Chinese 14.2%, English 10.3%, Australian 8.8% and Filipino 3.6%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Williams Landing (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Williams Landing, 38.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 17.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.7%, New Zealand 3.8%, Philippines 3.4% and Indonesia 2.0%.

In Williams Landing, 13.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 75.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Williams Landing, the most common countries of birth for male parents were India 24.6%, Australia 16.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.7%, Philippines 4.2% and New Zealand 3.0%.

In Williams Landing, the most common countries of birth for female parents were India 24.5%, Australia 16.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.7%, Philippines 4.4% and New Zealand 3.5%.

The most common responses for religion in Williams Landing were No Religion, so described 24.3%, Catholic 17.5%, Hinduism 16.4%, Islam 9.1% and Not stated 7.8%. In Williams Landing, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (34.7%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Williams Landing 34.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.9%, Hindi 7.0%, Telugu 4.1%, Punjabi 3.9% and Cantonese 2.9%.

Employment

There were 3,656 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Williams Landing. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Williams Landing, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Williams Landing included Professionals 30.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Managers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Williams Landing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 5.8%, Banking 4.4%, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 2.8% and Wired Telecommunications Network Operation 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Williams Landing was $878.

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In Williams Landing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.2%, Train 15.4%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Worked at home 4.9% and Train, car as driver 3.0%. On the day, 25.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Williams Landing, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.8% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Williams Landing, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Williams Landing, 61.3% were couple families with children, 26.8% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Williams Landing, 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Williams Landing, of couple families with children, 32.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Williams Landing, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Williams Landing, 85.9% were separate houses, 14.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Williams Landing, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 25.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.3 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Williams Landing, 8.2% were owned outright, 58.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Williams Landing, of all households, 89.1% were family households, 7.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Williams Landing, 7.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 26.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Williams Landing, 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Williams Landing, 94.0% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Williams Landing, 42.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 57.1% were female. The median age was 20 years.

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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.

In Williams Landing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,666.

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In Williams Landing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $410 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)