East Wagga Wagga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 253 people in East Wagga Wagga of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in East Wagga Wagga was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in East Wagga Wagga aged 15 years and over, 41.3% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Wagga Wagga was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In East Wagga Wagga, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Wagga Wagga was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In East Wagga Wagga 21.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 35.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Wagga Wagga were Australian 28.8%, English 28.2%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 9.8% and German 5.0%.

In East Wagga Wagga, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Germany 1.6%, Malaysia 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Poland 1.2%.

In East Wagga Wagga, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Wagga Wagga were Catholic 35.0%, Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 12.6%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In East Wagga Wagga 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Malay 1.6%, Finnish 1.2% and Arabic 1.2%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Wagga Wagga. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 18.6% were employed part-time and 11.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Wagga Wagga, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Wagga Wagga was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in East Wagga Wagga included Community and Personal Service Workers 16.1%, Professionals 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Labourers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Managers 8.9% and Sales Workers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in East Wagga Wagga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 5.3%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.5% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Wagga Wagga was $529.

In East Wagga Wagga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Walked only 11.5%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Truck 2.7% and Other 2.7%. 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 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Wagga Wagga, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 East Wagga Wagga, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Wagga Wagga, 31.8% were couple families with children, 47.0% were couple families without children and 21.2% were one parent families.

In East Wagga Wagga 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Wagga Wagga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,291 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In East Wagga Wagga, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Wagga Wagga, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Wagga Wagga, 82.6% were separate houses, 11.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.4% were other dwellings.

In East Wagga Wagga, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Wagga Wagga, 34.3% were owned outright, 26.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In East Wagga Wagga, of all households, 64.2% were family households, 32.1% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In East Wagga Wagga, 29.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 East Wagga Wagga, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Wagga Wagga, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 7 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 East Wagga Wagga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In East Wagga Wagga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.