Wombarra

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 839 people were counted in Wombarra: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra there were 161 children aged 0-14 years and 185 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, 748 people were Australian citizens, 142 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, 49.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.8% were separated or divorced, 7.7% were widowed and 32.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, 75.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wombarra were England 5.1%, Germany 2.3%, New Zealand 1.2%, United States of America 1.0% and Italy 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Wombarra on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.9%, No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 19.4%, Presbyterian & Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.7%, Spanish 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Macedonian 0.7% and Italian 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 409 people aged 15 years and over in Wombarra were in the labour force. Of these 60.6% worked full-time, 30.8% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.4% were unemployed. 221 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 21.5%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 5.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wombarra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 8.6%, Health Services 5.9%, Business Services 5.2%, Construction Trade Services 3.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, 214 families were counted: of these, 34.1% were couple families without children, 51.9% were couple families with children, 12.6% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, 302 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wombarra, 90.4% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.1% were being purchased and 15.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 57.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wombarra, 69.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.2% were single (or lone) person households and 5.3% were group households.