Weranga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 341 people in Weranga of these 58.4% were male and 41.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Weranga was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Weranga aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 24.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Weranga was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Weranga, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Weranga was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 65 years.

In Weranga 19.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.6% were in primary school, 19.1% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Weranga were English 34.0%, Australian 31.6%, German 7.0%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Weranga, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, Germany 2.1%, Romania 1.2%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% and Finland 0.9%.

In Weranga, 74.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Weranga were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 21.4%, Anglican 13.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In Weranga 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Romanian 2.3%, Filipino 1.2%, Finnish 0.9% and Croatian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 105 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Weranga. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 13.3% were employed part-time and 16.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Weranga, 3.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Weranga was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Weranga included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.1%, Labourers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Managers 12.2%, Professionals 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Weranga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.7%, Road Freight Transport 6.6%, Other Livestock Farming 5.5%, Oil and Gas Extraction 4.4% and Exploration 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Weranga was $333.

In Weranga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.2%, Car, as passenger 13.2%, Walked only 6.6%, Truck 4.4% and Bicycle 3.3%. 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 56.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Weranga, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 16.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Weranga, 15.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Weranga, 41.0% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 24.4% were one parent families.

In Weranga 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Weranga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,458 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Weranga, of couple families with children, 6.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Weranga, 81.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weranga, 82.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 17.3% were other dwellings.

In Weranga, of occupied private dwellings 18.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.3% had 2 bedrooms and 32.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weranga, 55.5% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Weranga, of all households, 59.1% were family households, 36.2% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Weranga, 58.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Weranga, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Weranga, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 50.0%) were male and 17 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Weranga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Weranga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $678.