Winchelsea South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 278 people in Winchelsea South of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Winchelsea South was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Winchelsea South aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Winchelsea South was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Winchelsea South, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Winchelsea South was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Winchelsea South 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 28.9% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Winchelsea South were Australian 32.3%, English 29.8%, Scottish 11.8%, Irish 10.2% and German 3.8%.

In Winchelsea South, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.4% and Italy 1.1%.

In Winchelsea South, 80.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Winchelsea South were No Religion 32.4%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 13.3%, Catholic 12.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Winchelsea South 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Winchelsea South. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Winchelsea South, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Winchelsea South was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Winchelsea South included Managers 30.6%, Professionals 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Labourers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6% and Sales Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Winchelsea South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.5%, Dairy Cattle Farming 10.3%, Hospitals 5.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8% and Adult, Community and Other Education 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Winchelsea South was $532.

In Winchelsea South, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.9%, Walked only 8.3%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Winchelsea South, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.7% 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 Winchelsea South, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Winchelsea South, 38.6% were couple families with children, 48.2% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Winchelsea South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,687 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Winchelsea South, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Winchelsea South, 70.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winchelsea South, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Winchelsea South, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% 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 Winchelsea South, 38.0% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Winchelsea South, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Winchelsea South, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Winchelsea South, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Winchelsea 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 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 Winchelsea South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Winchelsea 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 $433.