Woy Woy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,114 people in Woy Woy of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Woy Woy was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.6% of the population.

Of people in Woy Woy aged 15 years and over, 40.7% were married and 17.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woy Woy was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Woy Woy, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woy Woy was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Woy Woy 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 16.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woy Woy were English 31.2%, Australian 30.6%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.2%.

In Woy Woy, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.8%, Scotland 0.9%, Philippines 0.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6%.

In Woy Woy, 67.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woy Woy were Anglican 29.9%, Catholic 27.8%, No Religion 17.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Woy Woy 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.6%, Mandarin 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,991 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woy Woy. Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woy Woy, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woy Woy was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Woy Woy included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Labourers 11.5%, Managers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Woy Woy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.1% and Rail Passenger Transport 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woy Woy was $421.

In Woy Woy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.3%, Train 14.2%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Train, bus 3.3% and Walked only 3.2%. On the day, 24.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woy Woy, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Woy Woy, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woy Woy, 34.8% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Woy Woy 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woy Woy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,924 and those without children was $1,816.

Employment status of couple families

In Woy Woy, of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woy Woy, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woy Woy, 61.0% were separate houses, 20.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Woy Woy, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 28.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woy Woy, 36.7% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 33.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Woy Woy, of all households, 60.0% were family households, 36.9% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Woy Woy, 38.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Woy Woy, 46.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woy Woy, there were 349 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 177 (or 50.7%) were male and 172 (or 49.3%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Woy Woy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $764.

In Woy Woy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.