North Wangaratta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 355 people in North Wangaratta of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in North Wangaratta was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in North Wangaratta aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Wangaratta was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In North Wangaratta, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Wangaratta was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In North Wangaratta 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 35.4% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Wangaratta were English 32.2%, Australian 29.5%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 7.7% and Italian 4.0%.

In North Wangaratta, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Netherlands 1.1%, United States of America 1.1%, Italy 0.8% and Laos 0.8%.

In North Wangaratta, 81.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Wangaratta were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 24.4%, Anglican 23.3%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In North Wangaratta 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.7% and Lao 0.8%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Wangaratta. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Wangaratta, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Wangaratta was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in North Wangaratta included Professionals 22.3%, Managers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in North Wangaratta, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Hospitals 5.3%, Accommodation 3.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Wangaratta was $537.

In North Wangaratta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 3.7%, Truck 2.7% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Wangaratta, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.3% 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 North Wangaratta, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Wangaratta, 45.7% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In North Wangaratta 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Wangaratta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,944 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In North Wangaratta, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Wangaratta, 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wangaratta, 89.5% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.1% were other dwellings.

In North Wangaratta, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.8% had 2 bedrooms and 33.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wangaratta, 46.3% were owned outright, 41.5% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In North Wangaratta, of all households, 80.5% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In North Wangaratta, 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 North Wangaratta, 17.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Wangaratta, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 North Wangaratta, 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 North Wangaratta, 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.