Wheelers Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 19,105 people in Wheelers Hill of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Wheelers Hill was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Wheelers Hill aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wheelers Hill was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wheelers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wheelers Hill was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Wheelers Hill 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 27.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wheelers Hill were English 17.9%, Australian 16.8%, Chinese 12.6%, Italian 6.5% and Greek 6.2%.

In Wheelers Hill, 55.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.0%, Malaysia 3.6%, England 3.2%, India 3.0% and Sri Lanka 2.8%.

In Wheelers Hill, 32.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wheelers Hill were Catholic 26.3%, No Religion 19.2%, Anglican 10.9%, Eastern Orthodox 8.9% and Buddhism 5.6%.

In Wheelers Hill 58.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.5%, Greek 6.2%, Cantonese 5.2%, Italian 3.9% and Tamil 1.4%.

Employment

There were 9,742 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wheelers Hill. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wheelers Hill, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wheelers Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Wheelers Hill included Professionals 28.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 14.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Wheelers Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Hospitals 3.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.0% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wheelers Hill was $583.

In Wheelers Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train, car as driver 3.0%, Train 2.7% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 9.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wheelers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Wheelers Hill, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wheelers Hill, 52.0% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Wheelers Hill 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wheelers Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,731 and those without children was $2,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Wheelers Hill, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wheelers Hill, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wheelers Hill, 94.2% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wheelers Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 35.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wheelers Hill, 51.5% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wheelers Hill, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Wheelers Hill, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.5% 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 Wheelers Hill, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wheelers Hill, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 53.6%) were male and 13 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Wheelers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Wheelers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.