Wandearah East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 189 people in Wandearah East of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wandearah East was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Wandearah East aged 15 years and over, 62.1% were married and 5.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wandearah East was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wandearah East, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wandearah East was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Wandearah East 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 31.5% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wandearah East were Australian 34.9%, English 33.3%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 7.2% and German 7.2%.

In Wandearah East, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.6% and Germany 1.6%.

In Wandearah East, 89.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wandearah East were Uniting Church 36.7%, No Religion 20.7%, Catholic 19.7%, Lutheran 5.9% and Anglican 4.8%.

In Wandearah East 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wandearah East. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 17.8% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wandearah East, 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wandearah East was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Wandearah East were Managers 45.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Professionals 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4% and Labourers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Wandearah East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 45.4%, Hospitals 7.2%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.2%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.1% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wandearah East was $618.

In Wandearah East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.0%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Bicycle 3.1%, Other 3.1% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wandearah East, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 5.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.1% 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 Wandearah East, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wandearah East, 41.1% were couple families with children, 53.6% were couple families without children and 5.4% were one parent families.

In Wandearah East 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wandearah East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Wandearah East, of couple families with children, 27.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wandearah East, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandearah East, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wandearah East, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.9% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandearah East, 52.6% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wandearah East, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wandearah East, 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% 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 Wandearah East, 13.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wandearah East, 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 40 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 Wandearah East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Wandearah East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.