Waurn Ponds

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,995 people in Waurn Ponds of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Waurn Ponds was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Waurn Ponds aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waurn Ponds was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Waurn Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waurn Ponds was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Waurn Ponds 39.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 40.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waurn Ponds were Australian 30.5%, English 30.0%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 8.7% and Italian 3.3%.

In Waurn Ponds, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, India 1.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%, Scotland 0.7% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Waurn Ponds, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waurn Ponds were No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 25.7%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Waurn Ponds 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Cantonese 0.4%, Hindi 0.4% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waurn Ponds. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waurn Ponds, 17.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waurn Ponds was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Waurn Ponds included Professionals 20.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.3%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Waurn Ponds, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 4.7%, Tertiary Education 4.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waurn Ponds was $553.

In Waurn Ponds, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 2.1%, Train 0.8% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waurn Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.8% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Waurn Ponds, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waurn Ponds, 57.5% were couple families with children, 32.1% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Waurn Ponds 14.6% of single parents were male and 85.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waurn Ponds, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,167 and those without children was $2,127.

Employment status of couple families

In Waurn Ponds, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waurn Ponds, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waurn Ponds, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Waurn Ponds, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waurn Ponds, 26.2% were owned outright, 55.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Waurn Ponds, of all households, 83.6% were family households, 11.7% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Waurn Ponds, 11.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Waurn Ponds, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waurn Ponds, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 63.2%) were male and 7 (or 36.8%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Waurn Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Waurn Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $335 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,450.