Wundowie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,281 people in Wundowie of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wundowie was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Wundowie aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wundowie was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Wundowie, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wundowie was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Wundowie 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wundowie were English 29.9%, Australian 29.9%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 6.4% and German 2.6%.

In Wundowie, 70.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, Philippines 3.0%, New Zealand 2.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5% and Germany 0.9%.

In Wundowie, 56.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wundowie were No Religion 28.0%, Anglican 25.9%, Catholic 21.6%, Christian, nfd 3.6% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Wundowie 85.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.9%, Mandarin 1.8%, Filipino 1.2%, Italian 0.7% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 593 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wundowie. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wundowie, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wundowie was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Wundowie included Labourers 24.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Professionals 7.8%, Managers 7.1% and Sales Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Wundowie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.4%, School Education 5.1%, Basic Ferrous Metal Product Manufacturing 4.4% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wundowie was $536.

In Wundowie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.5%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Walked only 4.4%, Truck 2.2% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wundowie, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 10.0% 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 Wundowie, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wundowie, 39.6% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 23.1% were one parent families.

In Wundowie 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wundowie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,941 and those without children was $1,895.

Employment status of couple families

In Wundowie, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wundowie, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wundowie, 91.8% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wundowie, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wundowie, 27.1% were owned outright, 46.9% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Wundowie, of all households, 75.9% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Wundowie, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Wundowie, 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wundowie, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 42.9%) were male and 36 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Wundowie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Wundowie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $726.