Wondalga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 283 people in Wondalga of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wondalga was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Wondalga aged 15 years and over, 71.4% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wondalga was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wondalga, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wondalga was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Wondalga 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.0% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 7.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wondalga were Australian 39.1%, English 30.6%, Irish 13.1%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.9%.

In Wondalga, 92.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.4%, Finland 1.1%, Scotland 1.1% and Solomon Islands 1.1%.

In Wondalga, 85.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wondalga were Catholic 41.5%, Anglican 35.6%, No Religion 11.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1% and Uniting Church 1.4%.

In Wondalga 100.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wondalga. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wondalga, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Wondalga included Managers 46.5%, Labourers 13.2%, Professionals 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.4% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Wondalga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 39.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.1%, School Education 4.4%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.8% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wondalga was $604.

In Wondalga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.5%, Walked only 5.0%, Truck 3.1%, Other 2.5% and Truck, motorbike/scooter 2.5%. 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 48.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wondalga, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.4% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.1% 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 Wondalga, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wondalga, 49.4% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In Wondalga 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wondalga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Wondalga, of couple families with children, 32.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 34.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wondalga, 73.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wondalga, 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 Wondalga, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 4.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wondalga, 59.4% were owned outright, 22.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wondalga, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 11.8% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Wondalga, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.6% 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 Wondalga, 20.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wondalga, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 61.5%) were male and 5 (or 38.5%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Wondalga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Wondalga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.