Wombeyan Caves

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 263 people in Wombeyan Caves of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Wombeyan Caves was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Wombeyan Caves aged 15 years and over, 61.5% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wombeyan Caves was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Wombeyan Caves, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wombeyan Caves was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wombeyan Caves 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.6% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wombeyan Caves were English 29.1%, Australian 26.2%, Irish 17.8%, Scottish 12.9% and German 3.7%.

In Wombeyan Caves, 84.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.5%, Belgium 1.1%, Chile 1.1% and Germany 1.1%.

In Wombeyan Caves, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wombeyan Caves were Catholic 31.2%, Anglican 28.9%, No Religion 17.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.7% and Uniting Church 3.8%.

In Wombeyan Caves 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.1% and Thai 1.1%.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wombeyan Caves. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wombeyan Caves, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wombeyan Caves was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Wombeyan Caves included Managers 39.6%, Professionals 17.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Labourers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0% and Sales Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Wombeyan Caves, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.2%, Residential Care Services 7.9%, School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 4.3% and Accommodation 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wombeyan Caves was $502.

In Wombeyan Caves, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.1%, Truck 5.8%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Walked only 2.9% and Bus 2.2%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wombeyan Caves, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 17.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.9% 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 Wombeyan Caves, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wombeyan Caves, 32.4% were couple families with children, 55.9% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Wombeyan Caves 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wombeyan Caves, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Wombeyan Caves, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wombeyan Caves, 44.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 55.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wombeyan Caves, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Wombeyan Caves, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wombeyan Caves, 61.8% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wombeyan Caves, of all households, 67.3% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wombeyan Caves, 31.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Wombeyan Caves, 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wombeyan Caves, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Wombeyan Caves, 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 Wombeyan Caves, 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.