Woodville North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,308 people in Woodville North of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Woodville North was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Woodville North aged 15 years and over, 41.6% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woodville North was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Woodville North, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woodville North was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Woodville North 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 27.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woodville North were English 17.2%, Australian 16.1%, Vietnamese 13.3%, Italian 5.6% and Chinese 5.3%.

In Woodville North, 52.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 13.1%, India 5.2%, England 2.1%, Italy 1.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%.

In Woodville North, 31.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woodville North were Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 19.0%, Buddhism 14.6%, Anglican 5.6% and Eastern Orthodox 5.5%.

In Woodville North 46.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 18.0%, Italian 3.3%, Cantonese 2.9%, Greek 2.8% and Malayalam 1.8%.

Employment

There were 1,010 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woodville North. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woodville North, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woodville North was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Woodville North included Labourers 17.6%, Professionals 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Managers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Woodville North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Hospitals 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and School Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woodville North was $392.

In Woodville North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Bus 5.1%, Walked only 2.2% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 9.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woodville North, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Woodville North, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woodville North, 44.8% were couple families with children, 32.0% were couple families without children and 20.8% were one parent families.

In Woodville North 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woodville North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,742 and those without children was $1,845.

Employment status of couple families

In Woodville North, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 14.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woodville North, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodville North, 61.7% were separate houses, 17.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Woodville North, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 37.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodville North, 28.2% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Woodville North, of all households, 62.1% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Woodville North, 37.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Woodville North, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woodville North, there were 64 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 50.0%) were male and 32 (or 50.0%) 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 Woodville North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $749.

In Woodville North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $132 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.