Wakefield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 176 people in Wakefield of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wakefield was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Wakefield aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wakefield was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Wakefield, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wakefield was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 65 years.

In Wakefield 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wakefield were Australian 40.2%, English 38.3%, Scottish 5.3%, Irish 2.4% and German 1.9%.

In Wakefield, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Scotland 2.8%, Austria 1.7%, New Zealand 1.7% and Philippines 1.7%.

In Wakefield, 89.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wakefield were Catholic 28.7%, No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 22.5%, Uniting Church 13.5% and Miscellaneous Religions 2.2%.

In Wakefield 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tagalog 1.7%.

Employment

There were 103 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wakefield. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wakefield, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wakefield was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Wakefield included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Professionals 14.7%, Managers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Labourers 9.5% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Wakefield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 9.4%, Coal Mining 6.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.2% and Other Mining Support Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wakefield was $629.

In Wakefield, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Truck 3.1% and Taxi, car as passenger, other 3.1%. 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 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wakefield, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.2% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.3% 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 Wakefield, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wakefield, 54.7% were couple families with children, 26.4% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Wakefield 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wakefield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,607 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Wakefield, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wakefield, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wakefield, 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 Wakefield, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wakefield, 37.7% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wakefield, of all households, 86.9% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wakefield, 10.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Wakefield, 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wakefield, 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 Wakefield, 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 Wakefield, 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.