Woongoolba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 460 people in Woongoolba of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Woongoolba was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Woongoolba aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woongoolba was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Woongoolba, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woongoolba was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Woongoolba 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woongoolba were Australian 29.5%, English 24.3%, German 18.7%, Scottish 4.7% and Irish 4.4%.

In Woongoolba, 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, England 1.7%, Indonesia 0.9%, Japan 0.9% and Thailand 0.9%.

In Woongoolba, 74.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woongoolba were Lutheran 30.1%, No Religion 15.2%, Catholic 12.3%, Anglican 11.7% and Uniting Church 8.7%.

In Woongoolba 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Czech 0.6%, Thai 0.6%, Indonesian 0.6% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 238 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woongoolba. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woongoolba, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woongoolba was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Woongoolba included Managers 23.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Labourers 15.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Professionals 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0% and Sales Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Woongoolba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 12.9%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 4.4%, Aquaculture 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and Road Freight Transport 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woongoolba was $538.

In Woongoolba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.9%, Walked only 10.7%, Truck 4.9%, Car, as passenger 3.1% and Train 1.3%. 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 56.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woongoolba, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Woongoolba, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woongoolba, 51.2% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Woongoolba 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woongoolba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Woongoolba, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woongoolba, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woongoolba, 90.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.3% were other dwellings.

In Woongoolba, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 36.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woongoolba, 41.5% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 31.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Woongoolba, of all households, 76.2% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Woongoolba, 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Woongoolba, 24.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woongoolba, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) 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 Woongoolba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Woongoolba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.