Winston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,450 people in Winston of these 56.5% were male and 43.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Winston was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Winston aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Winston was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Winston, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Winston was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Winston 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 13.8% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Winston were Australian 29.8%, English 22.4%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 7.1% and German 4.6%.

In Winston, 72.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.9%, Philippines 1.8%, England 1.4%, South Africa 0.8% and India 0.7%.

In Winston, 69.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Winston were Catholic 26.3%, No Religion 19.9%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Winston 78.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.0%, Filipino 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Italian 0.5% and Vietnamese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 776 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Winston. Of these 77.2% were employed full time, 13.1% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Winston, 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Winston was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Winston included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.3%, Professionals 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Managers 9.7%, Labourers 8.1%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Winston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 25.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, School Education 3.5%, Employment Services 2.7% and Hospitals 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Winston was $971.

In Winston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Walked only 5.1%, Bus 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.7%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Winston, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 6.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Winston, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Winston, 45.0% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Winston 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Winston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,961 and those without children was $2,803.

Employment status of couple families

In Winston, of couple families with children, 39.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Winston, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winston, 55.8% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.6% were flats, units or apartments and 15.5% were other dwellings.

In Winston, of occupied private dwellings 15.4% had 1 bedroom, 24.4% had 2 bedrooms and 36.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winston, 21.0% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 43.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Winston, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Winston, 10.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.9% 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 Winston, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Winston, there were 141 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 41.1%) were male and 83 (or 58.9%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Winston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Winston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.