Wesley Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 438 people in Wesley Vale of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wesley Vale was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Wesley Vale aged 15 years and over, 62.5% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wesley Vale was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Wesley Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wesley Vale was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wesley Vale 21.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wesley Vale were English 40.9%, Australian 39.7%, Irish 5.8%, Scottish 4.9% and Dutch 2.3%.

In Wesley Vale, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 0.9%, South Africa 0.9% and Wales 0.9%.

In Wesley Vale, 81.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wesley Vale were Anglican 24.1%, No Religion 23.9%, Uniting Church 17.1%, Catholic 12.1% and Baptist 3.0%.

In Wesley Vale 97.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 1.1%.

Employment

There were 243 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wesley Vale. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wesley Vale, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wesley Vale was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Wesley Vale included Labourers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Managers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Professionals 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Wesley Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.1%, Building Installation Services 4.8%, School Education 4.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.3% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wesley Vale was $480.

In Wesley Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.6%, Walked only 5.7%, Car, as passenger 1.7%, Truck 1.3% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wesley Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Wesley Vale, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wesley Vale, 40.9% were couple families with children, 53.3% were couple families without children and 5.8% were one parent families.

In Wesley Vale 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wesley Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Wesley Vale, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 15.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wesley Vale, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wesley Vale, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wesley Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 61.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wesley Vale, 54.2% were owned outright, 27.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Wesley Vale, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Wesley Vale, 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Wesley Vale, 21.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wesley Vale, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 70.0%) were male and 6 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 45 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 Wesley Vale, 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 $500.

In Wesley Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.