Warrane

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,410 people in Warrane of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Warrane was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Warrane aged 15 years and over, 29.7% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Warrane was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Warrane, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Warrane was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Warrane 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Warrane were English 35.5%, Australian 32.5%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 5.0% and German 2.8%.

In Warrane, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Bhutan 0.9%, Nepal 0.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Warrane, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Warrane were Anglican 29.6%, No Religion 24.7%, Catholic 21.7%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Christian, nfd 1.4%.

In Warrane 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nepali 1.3%, Arabic 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4%, Kirundi (Rundi) 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 868 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Warrane. Of these 51.6% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 10.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Warrane, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Warrane was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Warrane included Labourers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Professionals 12.7%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7% and Managers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Warrane, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.6% and State Government Administration 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Warrane was $393.

In Warrane, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Bus 7.9%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Walked only 4.3% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Warrane, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.8% 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 Warrane, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Warrane, 31.1% were couple families with children, 26.8% were couple families without children and 38.2% were one parent families.

In Warrane 21.8% of single parents were male and 78.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Warrane, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,385 and those without children was $1,684.

Employment status of couple families

In Warrane, of couple families with children, 14.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Warrane, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warrane, 83.4% were separate houses, 8.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Warrane, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 20.1% had 2 bedrooms and 67.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warrane, 21.7% were owned outright, 27.5% were owned with a mortgage and 46.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Warrane, of all households, 63.1% were family households, 33.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Warrane, 40.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Warrane, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Warrane, there were 168 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 71 (or 42.3%) were male and 97 (or 57.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Warrane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $749.

In Warrane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $195 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $932.