Wood Wood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 145 people in Wood Wood of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wood Wood was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Wood Wood aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wood Wood was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Wood Wood, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wood Wood was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Wood Wood 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.2% were in primary school, 28.2% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wood Wood were Australian 28.0%, English 21.8%, Italian 14.0%, Irish 11.9% and Scottish 7.3%.

In Wood Wood, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Sri Lanka 4.2% and Italy 3.5%.

In Wood Wood, 76.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wood Wood were Catholic 30.6%, Anglican 20.1%, No Religion 18.8%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Lutheran 4.9%.

In Wood Wood 82.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 8.3%, Sinhalese 3.4% and Tongan 2.8%.

Employment

There were 59 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wood Wood. Of these 66.1% were employed full time, 15.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wood Wood, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wood Wood was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Wood Wood were Managers 25.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.0%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7% and Professionals 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Wood Wood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 14.3%, School Education 12.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.3%, Accommodation 6.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wood Wood was $420.

In Wood Wood, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 46.0%, Walked only 6.3%, Other 4.8% and Car as driver, truck 4.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wood Wood, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Wood Wood, 16.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wood Wood, 50.0% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Wood Wood 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wood Wood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Wood Wood, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 9.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wood Wood, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wood Wood, 84.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 15.1% were other dwellings.

In Wood Wood, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 5.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wood Wood, 52.8% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wood Wood, of all households, 67.3% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wood Wood, 34.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Wood Wood, 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wood Wood, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) 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 Wood Wood, 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 Wood Wood, 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.