Wannanup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,769 people in Wannanup of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wannanup was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Wannanup aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wannanup was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wannanup, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wannanup was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Wannanup 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wannanup were English 35.1%, Australian 25.4%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 6.6% and Italian 3.4%.

In Wannanup, 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.6%, New Zealand 4.2%, South Africa 2.7%, Scotland 1.4% and United States of America 0.9%.

In Wannanup, 48.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wannanup were Anglican 27.0%, No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 23.4%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Wannanup 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.0%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.3%, Thai 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,255 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wannanup. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wannanup, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wannanup was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Wannanup included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Professionals 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 12.1%, Managers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Wannanup, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Metal Ore Mining 3.8%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wannanup was $578.

In Wannanup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train 1.9%, Bus 1.7% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wannanup, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Wannanup, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wannanup, 37.1% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Wannanup 12.0% of single parents were male and 88.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wannanup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,477 and those without children was $2,221.

Employment status of couple families

In Wannanup, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% 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 Wannanup, 68.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wannanup, 89.8% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Wannanup, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.9% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wannanup, 30.3% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 29.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wannanup, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Wannanup, 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.3% 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 Wannanup, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wannanup, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 40.0%) were male and 15 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Wannanup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Wannanup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.