Wannanup

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 754 people were counted in Wannanup: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 2.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup there were 178 children aged 0-14 years and 187 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, 686 people were Australian citizens, 131 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, 58.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 3.5% were widowed and 24.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, 79.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wannanup were England 9.9%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 1.3%, India 0.9% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Wannanup on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 34.1%, Catholic 20.3%, No Religion 17.0%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Indonesian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 309 people aged 15 years and over in Wannanup were in the labour force. Of these 46.3% worked full-time, 36.2% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.9% were unemployed. 256 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, the most common responses for occupation were Associate Professionals 8.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Professionals 3.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.9%, Managers and Administrators 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wannanup, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 5.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Business Services 3.3%, Metal Product Manufacturing 3.1% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, 232 families were counted: of these, 46.6% were couple families without children, 40.9% were couple families with children, 11.2% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, 303 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wannanup, 95.4% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, 39.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 34.3% were being purchased and 19.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wannanup, 74.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.8% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.