Werrington County

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,671 people in Werrington County of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Werrington County was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Werrington County aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Werrington County was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Werrington County, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Werrington County was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Werrington County 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Werrington County were Australian 32.3%, English 28.2%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 6.1% and German 2.5%.

In Werrington County, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.2%, Ireland 0.7% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Werrington County, 62.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Werrington County were Catholic 35.8%, Anglican 27.1%, No Religion 16.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2% and Uniting Church 2.7%.

In Werrington County 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.8%, Greek 0.6%, Arabic 0.6%, Hindi 0.5% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,079 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Werrington County. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Werrington County, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Werrington County was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Werrington County included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Professionals 11.2%, Labourers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Managers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Werrington County, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Hospitals 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Road Freight Transport 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Werrington County was $674.

In Werrington County, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 4.5%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Werrington County, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% 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 Werrington County, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Werrington County, 49.0% were couple families with children, 32.2% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Werrington County 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Werrington County, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,301 and those without children was $1,896.

Employment status of couple families

In Werrington County, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Werrington County, 96.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Werrington County, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Werrington County, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Werrington County, 34.0% were owned outright, 51.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Werrington County, of all households, 83.3% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Werrington County, 13.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Werrington County, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Werrington County, there were 126 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 72 (or 57.1%) were male and 54 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Werrington County, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,613.

In Werrington County, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,667.