Weyba Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 313 people in Weyba Downs of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Weyba Downs was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Weyba Downs aged 15 years and over, 61.7% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Weyba Downs was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Weyba Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Weyba Downs was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Weyba Downs 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 32.4% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Weyba Downs were English 33.8%, Australian 32.9%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.2%.

In Weyba Downs, 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 3.5%, France 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Malta 1.0%.

In Weyba Downs, 62.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Weyba Downs were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 20.7%, Catholic 16.9%, Christian, nfd 7.6% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Weyba Downs 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Weyba Downs. Of these 49.0% were employed full time, 39.9% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Weyba Downs, 17.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Weyba Downs was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Weyba Downs included Professionals 24.8%, Managers 15.9%, Sales Workers 13.1%, Labourers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Weyba Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Building Structure Services 3.4%, Building Completion Services 3.4%, Furniture, Floor Covering and Other Goods Wholesaling 3.4% and Department Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Weyba Downs was $432.

In Weyba Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Other 2.1%, Bus, car as driver, other 2.1% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Weyba Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Weyba Downs, 32.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Weyba Downs, 52.9% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 4.6% were one parent families.

In Weyba Downs 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Weyba Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Weyba Downs, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Weyba Downs, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weyba Downs, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Weyba Downs, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weyba Downs, 37.0% were owned outright, 43.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Weyba Downs, of all households, 96.7% were family households, 3.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Weyba Downs, 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Weyba Downs, 14.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Weyba Downs, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Weyba Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Weyba Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.