Wynnum West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,745 people in Wynnum West of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wynnum West was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Wynnum West aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wynnum West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wynnum West, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wynnum West was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Wynnum West 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wynnum West were English 29.3%, Australian 26.2%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.9% and German 4.2%.

In Wynnum West, 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.4%, England 4.5%, Philippines 1.6%, South Africa 1.1% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Wynnum West, 57.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wynnum West were Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 22.3%, Anglican 20.1%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Wynnum West 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Tagalog 0.6%, Filipino 0.6%, Spanish 0.6% and Hindi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 5,753 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wynnum West. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wynnum West, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wynnum West was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Wynnum West included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Labourers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Managers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2% and Sales Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Wynnum West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.3%, Road Freight Transport 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wynnum West was $606.

In Wynnum West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Train 7.0%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 1.8% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 11.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wynnum West, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Wynnum West, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wynnum West, 43.3% were couple families with children, 35.4% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Wynnum West 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wynnum West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,292 and those without children was $2,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Wynnum West, of couple families with children, 26.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wynnum West, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wynnum West, 80.9% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wynnum West, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wynnum West, 28.3% were owned outright, 34.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Wynnum West, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Wynnum West, 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Wynnum West, 37.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wynnum West, there were 327 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 162 (or 49.5%) were male and 165 (or 50.5%) 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 Wynnum West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,134.

In Wynnum West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.