Wando Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 301 people in Wando Vale of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wando Vale was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Wando Vale aged 15 years and over, 67.7% were married and 2.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wando Vale was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Wando Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wando Vale was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Wando Vale 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wando Vale were Australian 34.6%, English 31.8%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 10.9% and German 2.8%.

In Wando Vale, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.3% and Scotland 1.3%.

In Wando Vale, 86.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wando Vale were Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 23.1%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.7%.

In Wando Vale 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wando Vale. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wando Vale, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wando Vale was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Wando Vale included Managers 46.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Professionals 11.3%, Labourers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.0%, Sales Workers 2.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Wando Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 49.0%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 6.0%, Hospitals 4.6%, Forestry and Logging 2.6% and Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wando Vale was $471.

In Wando Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.7%, Walked only 7.2%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Other 2.6% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wando Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 52.3% 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 Wando Vale, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wando Vale, 55.6% were couple families with children, 40.7% were couple families without children and 3.7% were one parent families.

In Wando Vale 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wando Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Wando Vale, of couple families with children, 28.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wando Vale, 77.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wando Vale, 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 Wando Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wando Vale, 54.8% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 7.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Wando Vale, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wando Vale, 28.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Wando Vale, 16.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wando Vale, 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 Wando Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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