Wivenhoe Pocket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 498 people in Wivenhoe Pocket of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wivenhoe Pocket was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Wivenhoe Pocket aged 15 years and over, 59.8% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wivenhoe Pocket was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Wivenhoe Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wivenhoe Pocket was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Wivenhoe Pocket 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.6% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wivenhoe Pocket were English 33.6%, Australian 27.7%, German 10.3%, Scottish 8.5% and Irish 8.5%.

In Wivenhoe Pocket, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.0%, Fiji 0.8% and Thailand 0.8%.

In Wivenhoe Pocket, 76.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wivenhoe Pocket were No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Baptist 3.4%.

In Wivenhoe Pocket 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.6%, Danish 0.6% and Hindi 0.6%.

Employment

There were 243 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wivenhoe Pocket. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wivenhoe Pocket, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wivenhoe Pocket was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Wivenhoe Pocket included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Managers 15.7%, Professionals 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Labourers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%.

Of the employed people in Wivenhoe Pocket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.4%, School Education 4.7%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.8% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wivenhoe Pocket was $593.

In Wivenhoe Pocket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 2.6%, Walked only 2.6% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wivenhoe Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.3% 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 Wivenhoe Pocket, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wivenhoe Pocket, 47.2% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Wivenhoe Pocket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,807 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Wivenhoe Pocket, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 29.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wivenhoe Pocket, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wivenhoe Pocket, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wivenhoe Pocket, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 38.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wivenhoe Pocket, 39.5% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Wivenhoe Pocket, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 16.0% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Wivenhoe Pocket, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Wivenhoe Pocket, 17.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wivenhoe Pocket, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Wivenhoe Pocket, 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 $1,458.

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