Little Wobby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 218 people in Little Wobby of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Wobby was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Little Wobby aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Wobby was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Little Wobby, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Wobby was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Little Wobby 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 9.4% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Wobby were Australian 33.5%, English 27.3%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 7.3% and Dutch 2.5%.

In Little Wobby, 74.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 2.3%, Czech Republic 1.4%, Fiji 1.4% and Finland 1.4%.

In Little Wobby, 64.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little Wobby were No Religion 38.4%, Anglican 14.2%, Catholic 12.3%, Christian, nfd 5.0% and Latter-day Saints 4.1%.

In Little Wobby 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Danish 1.8%, Greek 1.8%, Italian 1.8% and Swedish 1.4%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Wobby. Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Wobby, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little Wobby was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Little Wobby included Professionals 26.3%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Labourers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Little Wobby, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.9%, Residential Building Construction 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Mineral, Metal and Chemical Wholesaling 3.4% and Management and Related Consulting Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Wobby was $655.

In Little Wobby, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.9%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train, car as driver 3.4%, Train, other 3.4% and Walked only 3.4%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Wobby, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% 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, 21.1% 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 Little Wobby, 34.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Wobby, 49.2% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Little Wobby 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little Wobby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Wobby, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 15.8% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Wobby, 36.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 63.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Wobby, 92.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.9% were other dwellings.

In Little Wobby, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 24.7% had 2 bedrooms and 29.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Wobby, 32.9% were owned outright, 44.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Wobby, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Little Wobby, 27.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Little Wobby, 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Wobby, 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 Little Wobby, 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 Little Wobby, 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.