Winnaleah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 274 people in Winnaleah of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Winnaleah was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Winnaleah aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Winnaleah was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Winnaleah, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Winnaleah was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Winnaleah 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Winnaleah were Australian 37.1%, English 35.1%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.8%.

In Winnaleah, 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, Germany 1.5%, Philippines 1.5% and Zimbabwe 1.5%.

In Winnaleah, 87.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Winnaleah were Anglican 31.9%, No Religion 25.3%, Uniting Church 8.1%, Catholic 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.7%.

In Winnaleah 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Winnaleah. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Winnaleah, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Winnaleah was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Winnaleah included Managers 35.6%, Labourers 17.3%, Professionals 16.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.8% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Winnaleah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 17.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.3%, School Education 11.4%, Road Freight Transport 7.6% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Winnaleah was $370.

In Winnaleah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.3%, Walked only 6.7%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 2.9%. 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 46.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Winnaleah, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Winnaleah, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Winnaleah, 38.2% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Winnaleah 31.6% of single parents were male and 68.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Winnaleah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $959.

Employment status of couple families

In Winnaleah, of couple families with children, 6.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Winnaleah, 79.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winnaleah, 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 Winnaleah, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 59.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winnaleah, 35.8% were owned outright, 31.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Winnaleah, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Winnaleah, 44.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Winnaleah, 34.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Winnaleah, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 36.4%) were male and 21 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Winnaleah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Winnaleah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.