Wattle Glen

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,946 people in Wattle Glen of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wattle Glen was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Wattle Glen aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wattle Glen was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Wattle Glen, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wattle Glen was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Wattle Glen 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 30.9% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wattle Glen were Australian 34.1%, English 30.2%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.4% and Italian 3.6%.

In Wattle Glen, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, Germany 0.8%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and Ireland 0.6%.

In Wattle Glen, 66.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wattle Glen were No Religion 35.1%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 14.6%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Wattle Glen 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, German 0.7%, Greek 0.6%, Mandarin 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,057 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wattle Glen. Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wattle Glen, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wattle Glen was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wattle Glen included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Managers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Wattle Glen, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Building Installation Services 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Hospitals 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wattle Glen was $625.

In Wattle Glen, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Train 5.1%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 1.3% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wattle Glen, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Wattle Glen, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wattle Glen, 63.4% were couple families with children, 26.4% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Wattle Glen 22.9% of single parents were male and 77.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wattle Glen, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,317 and those without children was $2,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Wattle Glen, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 31.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wattle Glen, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Glen, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wattle Glen, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 3.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Glen, 37.8% were owned outright, 53.5% were owned with a mortgage and 6.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wattle Glen, of all households, 86.1% were family households, 12.5% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Wattle Glen, 11.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.8% 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 Wattle Glen, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wattle Glen, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 40.0%) were male and 9 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Wattle Glen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,750.

In Wattle Glen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.