Werrington Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,264 people in Werrington Downs of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Werrington Downs was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Werrington Downs aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Werrington Downs was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Werrington Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% 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 Downs was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Werrington Downs 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 26.2% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Werrington Downs were Australian 34.7%, English 29.2%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 5.5% and German 2.4%.

In Werrington Downs, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.9%, Lebanon 0.8% and India 0.7%.

In Werrington Downs, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Werrington Downs were Catholic 33.6%, Anglican 28.4%, No Religion 16.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0% and Uniting Church 2.6%.

In Werrington Downs 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.6%, Greek 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, Polish 0.3% and Hungarian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,961 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Werrington Downs. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Werrington Downs, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Werrington Downs was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Werrington Downs included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Professionals 12.7%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Managers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Werrington Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Werrington Downs was $694.

In Werrington Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Train 4.1%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Werrington Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Downs, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Werrington Downs, 56.7% were couple families with children, 25.8% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Werrington Downs 11.4% of single parents were male and 88.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Werrington Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,253 and those without children was $2,122.

Employment status of couple families

In Werrington Downs, of couple families with children, 30.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Werrington Downs, 78.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Werrington Downs, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 55.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Werrington Downs, 27.1% were owned outright, 58.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Werrington Downs, of all households, 85.5% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Werrington Downs, 11.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.2% 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 Werrington Downs, 26.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Werrington Downs, there were 91 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 54 (or 59.3%) were male and 37 (or 40.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,416.

In Werrington Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $375 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.