Winthrop

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,204 people in Winthrop of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Winthrop was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Winthrop aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 4.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Winthrop was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Winthrop, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Winthrop was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Winthrop 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 34.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Winthrop were Chinese 21.7%, English 21.2%, Australian 18.6%, Scottish 5.0% and Irish 4.9%.

In Winthrop, 50.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malaysia 7.8%, Indonesia 7.6%, England 5.9%, Singapore 4.0% and India 2.8%.

In Winthrop, 27.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 61.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Winthrop were Catholic 30.3%, No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 13.3%, Buddhism 6.9% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Winthrop 63.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.6%, Indonesian 6.9%, Cantonese 5.2%, Italian 1.9% and Min Nan 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,355 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Winthrop. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Winthrop, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Winthrop was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Winthrop included Professionals 31.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Managers 15.0%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Winthrop, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, School Education 5.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.9% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Winthrop was $617.

In Winthrop, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train, bus 4.4%, Train 2.5% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 11.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Winthrop, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Winthrop, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Winthrop, 59.1% were couple families with children, 30.5% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Winthrop 10.3% of single parents were male and 89.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Winthrop, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,078 and those without children was $2,616.

Employment status of couple families

In Winthrop, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Winthrop, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winthrop, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Winthrop, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 7.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.2. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winthrop, 55.9% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Winthrop, of all households, 89.1% were family households, 9.0% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Winthrop, 13.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.7% 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 Winthrop, 18.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Winthrop, 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 42 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 Winthrop, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Winthrop, 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.