Wandoan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 655 people in Wandoan of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Wandoan was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Wandoan aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Wandoan, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wandoan was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Wandoan 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.1% were in primary school, 13.0% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wandoan were Australian 33.6%, English 28.6%, German 10.3%, Irish 9.4% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Wandoan, 89.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 0.8%, Philippines 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Greece 0.5%.

In Wandoan, 88.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wandoan were Anglican 32.2%, Catholic 19.4%, No Religion 11.5%, Lutheran 7.2% and Uniting Church 7.2%.

In Wandoan 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 382 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wandoan. Of these 68.1% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 1.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wandoan, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wandoan was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Wandoan included Managers 35.5%, Labourers 16.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Professionals 6.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Wandoan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 33.9%, School Education 6.7%, Accommodation 5.1%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 4.3% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wandoan was $542.

In Wandoan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.3%, Walked only 9.6%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Other 2.4% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wandoan, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.3% 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 Wandoan, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wandoan, 41.9% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Wandoan 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wandoan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Wandoan, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 29.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wandoan, 64.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandoan, 93.8% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wandoan, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandoan, 42.7% were owned outright, 16.1% were owned with a mortgage and 37.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wandoan, of all households, 65.6% were family households, 34.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wandoan, 33.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Wandoan, 30.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wandoan, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Wandoan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Wandoan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.