Woree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,826 people in Woree of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 16.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Woree was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Woree aged 15 years and over, 33.1% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woree was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Woree, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woree was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Woree 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woree were Australian 26.1%, English 22.5%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 5.5% and Italian 4.0%.

In Woree, 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.2%, Philippines 2.8%, England 2.4%, Papua New Guinea 1.6% and Italy 0.7%.

In Woree, 61.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woree were Catholic 25.9%, No Religion 19.5%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Woree 74.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hmong 1.5%, Italian 1.3%, Tagalog 1.3%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.0% and Japanese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 2,145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woree. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 11.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woree, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woree was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Woree included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Labourers 14.2%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Professionals 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Managers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Woree, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woree was $524.

In Woree, 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 10.0%, Bus 2.8%, Walked only 2.6% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woree, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Woree, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woree, 35.3% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 29.2% were one parent families.

In Woree 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,814 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Woree, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woree, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woree, 47.7% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Woree, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 40.2% had 2 bedrooms and 33.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woree, 20.2% were owned outright, 23.7% were owned with a mortgage and 52.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Woree, of all households, 62.4% were family households, 32.4% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Woree, 32.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Woree, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woree, there were 788 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 363 (or 46.1%) were male and 425 (or 53.9%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Woree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $806.

In Woree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,326.