Wirrina Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 497 people in Wirrina Cove of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wirrina Cove was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Wirrina Cove aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 20.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wirrina Cove was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Wirrina Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wirrina Cove was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Wirrina Cove 23.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wirrina Cove were English 32.4%, Australian 29.2%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 4.8% and German 4.7%.

In Wirrina Cove, 76.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 1.0%, Switzerland 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Wirrina Cove, 64.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wirrina Cove were No Religion 42.7%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 8.8%, Catholic 7.4% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Wirrina Cove 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, German 0.6%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.6% and Invented Languages 0.6%.

Employment

There were 231 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wirrina Cove. Of these 43.7% were employed full time, 45.5% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wirrina Cove, 19.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wirrina Cove was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Wirrina Cove included Managers 25.4%, Labourers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Professionals 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Wirrina Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.8%, School Education 6.0%, Residential Care Services 4.7% and Dairy Cattle Farming 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wirrina Cove was $411.

In Wirrina Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Walked only 6.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 1.4% and Other 1.4%. 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 63.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wirrina Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Wirrina Cove, 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wirrina Cove, 31.9% were couple families with children, 53.2% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Wirrina Cove 34.8% of single parents were male and 65.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wirrina Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $939.

Employment status of couple families

In Wirrina Cove, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 12.5% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wirrina Cove, 44.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 55.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wirrina Cove, 85.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 7.7% were other dwellings.

In Wirrina Cove, of occupied private dwellings 15.4% had 1 bedroom, 24.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wirrina Cove, 42.1% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wirrina Cove, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 34.1% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Wirrina Cove, 40.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Wirrina Cove, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wirrina Cove, 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 38 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 Wirrina Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

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