North Wahroonga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,886 people in North Wahroonga of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in North Wahroonga was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in North Wahroonga aged 15 years and over, 66.7% were married and 5.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Wahroonga was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In North Wahroonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Wahroonga was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In North Wahroonga 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 24.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Wahroonga were English 26.8%, Australian 22.6%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.9% and Chinese 7.1%.

In North Wahroonga, 64.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, South Africa 5.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0%, India 1.8% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In North Wahroonga, 42.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Wahroonga were Anglican 27.1%, Catholic 22.7%, No Religion 19.4%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In North Wahroonga 78.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 3.6%, Mandarin 2.0%, Hindi 1.6%, Persian (excluding Dari) 1.4% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 990 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Wahroonga. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Wahroonga, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Wahroonga was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in North Wahroonga included Professionals 38.6%, Managers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%, Labourers 1.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in North Wahroonga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.8%, School Education 5.7%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.8% and Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Wahroonga was $796.

In North Wahroonga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.5%, Train 11.3%, Train, car as driver 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Train, bus 2.0%. On the day, 21.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Wahroonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 North Wahroonga, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Wahroonga, 56.1% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In North Wahroonga 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Wahroonga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,297 and those without children was $2,327.

Employment status of couple families

In North Wahroonga, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Wahroonga, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wahroonga, 95.4% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Wahroonga, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.5% had 2 bedrooms and 25.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wahroonga, 49.7% were owned outright, 42.0% were owned with a mortgage and 7.3% were rented.

Household composition

In North Wahroonga, of all households, 90.0% were family households, 9.1% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In North Wahroonga, 9.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 35.3% 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 North Wahroonga, 21.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Wahroonga, 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 North Wahroonga, 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 North Wahroonga, 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.