Wondai

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,127 people in Wondai of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wondai was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.0% of the population.

Of people in Wondai aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wondai was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wondai, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% 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 Wondai was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wondai 22.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.1% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wondai were Australian 36.3%, English 29.0%, German 9.3%, Irish 6.9% and Scottish 5.8%.

In Wondai, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.5%, Netherlands 0.4%, United States of America 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Wondai, 82.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wondai were No Religion 19.0%, Anglican 17.9%, Catholic 16.3%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Lutheran 8.4%.

In Wondai 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.4%, French 0.2%, German 0.1%, Italian 0.1% and Tagalog 0.1%.

Employment

There were 836 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wondai. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wondai, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wondai was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Wondai included Labourers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.2%, Professionals 12.9%, Managers 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Wondai, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.7%, Hospitals 6.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.4%, Residential Care Services 4.2% and Road Freight Transport 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wondai was $398.

In Wondai, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Walked only 6.8%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 2.4% and Bus 1.0%. 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 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wondai, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Wondai, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wondai, 34.7% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Wondai 12.6% of single parents were male and 87.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wondai, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,787 and those without children was $1,328.

Employment status of couple families

In Wondai, of couple families with children, 13.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wondai, 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wondai, 91.1% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Wondai, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% 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 Wondai, 39.8% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wondai, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Wondai, 42.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Wondai, 41.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wondai, there were 157 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 47.8%) were male and 82 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Wondai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $850.

In Wondai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.