Wavell Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,435 people in Wavell Heights of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wavell Heights was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Wavell Heights aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wavell Heights was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Wavell Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wavell Heights was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Wavell Heights 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 24.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wavell Heights were English 27.4%, Australian 26.9%, Irish 11.7%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.4%.

In Wavell Heights, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.7%, England 3.2%, Philippines 0.8%, India 0.8% and Italy 0.6%.

In Wavell Heights, 62.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wavell Heights were Catholic 34.1%, No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 16.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Wavell Heights 87.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Tagalog 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 5,183 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wavell Heights. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wavell Heights, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wavell Heights was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Wavell Heights included Professionals 26.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.4%, Managers 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Wavell Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.9%, School Education 4.7%, State Government Administration 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wavell Heights was $770.

In Wavell Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.8%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train 5.2%, Bus 4.3% and Train, car as driver 3.1%. On the day, 15.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wavell Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.9% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Wavell Heights, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wavell Heights, 46.2% were couple families with children, 36.7% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Wavell Heights 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wavell Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,687 and those without children was $2,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Wavell Heights, of couple families with children, 26.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wavell Heights, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wavell Heights, 92.9% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Wavell Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 53.9% 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 Wavell Heights, 31.8% were owned outright, 39.6% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Wavell Heights, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Wavell Heights, 17.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.7% 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 Wavell Heights, 36.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wavell Heights, there were 119 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 51.3%) were male and 58 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Wavell Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,727.

In Wavell Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,100.