Woodgate

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 941 people in Woodgate of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Woodgate was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.2% of the population.

Of people in Woodgate aged 15 years and over, 67.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woodgate was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Woodgate, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woodgate was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Woodgate 13.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woodgate were English 36.8%, Australian 26.1%, Scottish 10.1%, Irish 7.8% and German 6.6%.

In Woodgate, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.1%, Netherlands 1.0%, Germany 0.6% and Taiwan 0.6%.

In Woodgate, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woodgate were Anglican 25.0%, Catholic 20.7%, No Religion 17.4%, Uniting Church 13.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In Woodgate 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.8%, Irish 0.3%, German 0.3%, Spanish 0.3% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 314 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woodgate. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woodgate, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woodgate was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Woodgate included Labourers 23.2%, Managers 19.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Professionals 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Woodgate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.7%, Accommodation 6.7%, Clubs (Hospitality) 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6% and Other Crop Growing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woodgate was $380.

In Woodgate, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.7%, Car, as passenger 11.9%, Walked only 9.5%, Truck 2.1% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woodgate, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.2% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Woodgate, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woodgate, 12.5% were couple families with children, 80.5% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Woodgate 26.1% of single parents were male and 73.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woodgate, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,594.

Employment status of couple families

In Woodgate, of couple families with children, 9.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 4.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woodgate, 49.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 50.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodgate, 91.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Woodgate, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodgate, 59.7% were owned outright, 16.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Woodgate, of all households, 73.2% were family households, 22.9% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Woodgate, 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Woodgate, 48.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woodgate, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Woodgate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Woodgate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.