Lake Wendouree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,884 people in Lake Wendouree of these 44.8% were male and 55.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Wendouree was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.3% of the population.

Of people in Lake Wendouree aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Wendouree was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lake Wendouree, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Wendouree was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Lake Wendouree 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 21.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Wendouree were English 31.4%, Australian 24.6%, Irish 13.1%, Scottish 10.0% and German 2.4%.

In Lake Wendouree, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, India 1.0%, Netherlands 0.6% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Lake Wendouree, 76.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Wendouree were Catholic 31.9%, No Religion 21.5%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Lake Wendouree 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, Malayalam 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, Greek 0.3% and Russian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,343 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Wendouree. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Wendouree, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Wendouree was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Wendouree included Professionals 35.0%, Managers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Lake Wendouree, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Hospitals 7.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Medical Services 4.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.3%.

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

In Lake Wendouree, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bicycle 2.3% and Train 1.2%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Wendouree, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 Lake Wendouree, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Wendouree, 39.3% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Lake Wendouree 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Wendouree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,817 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Wendouree, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% 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 Lake Wendouree, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Wendouree, 79.2% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Lake Wendouree, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 25.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Wendouree, 45.8% were owned outright, 22.5% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Wendouree, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Lake Wendouree, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.3% 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 Lake Wendouree, 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Wendouree, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Lake Wendouree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Lake Wendouree, 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.