Wombarra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 864 people in Wombarra of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wombarra was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Wombarra aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wombarra was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Wombarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wombarra was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Wombarra 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wombarra were English 31.3%, Australian 24.1%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 8.3% and German 4.0%.

In Wombarra, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Germany 2.1%, New Zealand 1.2%, United States of America 0.8% and Italy 0.7%.

In Wombarra, 59.3% 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 Wombarra were No Religion 36.5%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Wombarra 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.4%, French 1.0%, Italian 0.9%, Spanish 0.8% and Danish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 481 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wombarra. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wombarra, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wombarra was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Wombarra included Professionals 37.3%, Managers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Wombarra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 6.0%, School Education 4.9%, Building Installation Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.9% and Allied Health Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wombarra was $756.

In Wombarra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.5%, Train 6.7%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 1.9% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 11.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wombarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.9% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Wombarra, 34.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wombarra, 48.8% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Wombarra 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wombarra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,823 and those without children was $2,550.

Employment status of couple families

In Wombarra, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wombarra, 79.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wombarra, 93.6% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wombarra, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 23.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wombarra, 35.2% were owned outright, 41.0% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wombarra, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Wombarra, 18.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.1% 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 Wombarra, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wombarra, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Wombarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Wombarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.