Wangaratta South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 576 people in Wangaratta South of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wangaratta South was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Wangaratta South aged 15 years and over, 62.2% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wangaratta South was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Wangaratta South, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wangaratta South was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Wangaratta South 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wangaratta South were English 35.3%, Australian 28.6%, Scottish 9.9%, Irish 9.6% and German 3.7%.

In Wangaratta South, 91.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, Italy 1.6%, Croatia 1.2%, Germany 0.7% and India 0.5%.

In Wangaratta South, 85.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wangaratta South were Catholic 28.6%, Anglican 25.3%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9%.

In Wangaratta South 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 0.7%, Italian 0.5% and Korean 0.5%.

Employment

There were 331 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wangaratta South. Of these 51.4% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wangaratta South, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wangaratta South was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Wangaratta South included Professionals 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Managers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Wangaratta South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, Hospitals 5.7%, Road Freight Transport 4.8%, School Education 4.1% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wangaratta South was $530.

In Wangaratta South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Bus 1.0%, Ferry 1.0% and Tram 1.0%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wangaratta South, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 18.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.8% 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 Wangaratta South, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wangaratta South, 46.5% were couple families with children, 44.7% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Wangaratta South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Wangaratta South, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% had both employed part-time and 27.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wangaratta South, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wangaratta South, 97.1% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wangaratta South, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wangaratta South, 57.5% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 6.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wangaratta South, of all households, 82.3% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Wangaratta South, 21.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Wangaratta South, 19.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wangaratta South, 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 63 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 Wangaratta South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Wangaratta South, 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.