Wollert

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 509 people in Wollert of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wollert was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Wollert aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 8.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wollert was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Wollert, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wollert was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Wollert 20.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wollert were Australian 19.9%, Italian 15.3%, English 14.2%, Macedonian 5.7% and Irish 5.0%.

In Wollert, 65.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 6.7%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 3.3%, India 3.3%, Greece 2.2% and Turkey 2.2%.

In Wollert, 38.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wollert were Catholic 38.4%, Eastern Orthodox 14.3%, Islam 9.0%, No Religion 8.6% and Anglican 6.3%.

In Wollert 55.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 11.0%, Turkish 5.7%, Macedonian 4.9%, Arabic 2.8% and Greek 2.2%.

Employment

There were 282 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wollert. Of these 68.8% were employed full time, 20.9% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wollert, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wollert was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Wollert included Managers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Professionals 13.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Labourers 8.7%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Wollert, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.2%, School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Furniture, Floor Coverings, Houseware and Textile Goods Retailing 2.9% and Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wollert was $579.

In Wollert, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 3.3% and Train, car as driver 1.8%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wollert, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 16.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Wollert, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wollert, 45.6% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Wollert 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wollert, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,042 and those without children was $1,928.

Employment status of couple families

In Wollert, of couple families with children, 25.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wollert, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wollert, 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 Wollert, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wollert, 35.4% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wollert, of all households, 84.9% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Wollert, 16.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Wollert, 21.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wollert, 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 Wollert, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wollert, 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.