Wyndham Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,304 people in Wyndham Vale of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wyndham Vale was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.3% of the population.

Of people in Wyndham Vale aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wyndham Vale was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Wyndham Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wyndham Vale was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Wyndham Vale 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wyndham Vale were Australian 26.0%, English 24.3%, Irish 5.9%, Scottish 5.8% and Italian 3.1%.

In Wyndham Vale, 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, India 3.2%, New Zealand 3.1%, Philippines 2.1% and Sudan 0.8%.

In Wyndham Vale, 50.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wyndham Vale were Catholic 28.6%, No Religion 24.2%, Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Hinduism 2.7%.

In Wyndham Vale 76.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 1.4%, Tagalog 1.0%, Punjabi 0.9%, Filipino 0.8% and Arabic 0.8%.

Employment

There were 8,646 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wyndham Vale. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wyndham Vale, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wyndham Vale was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Wyndham Vale included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.6% and Managers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Wyndham Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, School Education 3.3% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wyndham Vale was $659.

In Wyndham Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.8%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train 4.4%, Train, car as driver 1.8% and Train, bus 1.3%. On the day, 10.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wyndham Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.4% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.3% 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 Wyndham Vale, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wyndham Vale, 48.2% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 19.6% were one parent families.

In Wyndham Vale 12.7% of single parents were male and 87.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wyndham Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,001 and those without children was $2,000.

Employment status of couple families

In Wyndham Vale, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wyndham Vale, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyndham Vale, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wyndham Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 57.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyndham Vale, 15.6% were owned outright, 57.8% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wyndham Vale, of all households, 80.9% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Wyndham Vale, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Wyndham Vale, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wyndham Vale, there were 220 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 97 (or 44.1%) were male and 123 (or 55.9%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Wyndham Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Wyndham Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $281 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,417.