Wedderburn (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 680 people in Wedderburn (L) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wedderburn (L) was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.5% of the population.

Of people in Wedderburn (L) aged 15 years and over, 42.3% were married and 21.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wedderburn (L) was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In Wedderburn (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wedderburn (L) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Wedderburn (L) 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wedderburn (L) were English 32.2%, Australian 29.6%, Scottish 11.6%, Irish 8.4% and German 2.2%.

In Wedderburn (L), 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, Scotland 0.9%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Wedderburn (L), 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wedderburn (L) were No Religion 24.7%, Anglican 22.2%, Catholic 16.3%, Uniting Church 12.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Wedderburn (L) 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Hungarian 0.6% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 194 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wedderburn (L). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wedderburn (L), 17.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wedderburn (L) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Wedderburn (L) included Managers 15.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.0%, Labourers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Professionals 10.0%, Sales Workers 10.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%.

Of the employed people in Wedderburn (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 14.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.7%, School Education 6.7% and Accommodation 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wedderburn (L) was $352.

In Wedderburn (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.9%, Walked only 11.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Other 3.3% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wedderburn (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.7% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.1% 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 Wedderburn (L), 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wedderburn (L), 31.0% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 20.5% were one parent families.

In Wedderburn (L) 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wedderburn (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,218 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Wedderburn (L), of couple families with children, 7.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wedderburn (L), 79.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wedderburn (L), 89.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Wedderburn (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 24.0% had 2 bedrooms and 51.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wedderburn (L), 55.6% were owned outright, 16.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Wedderburn (L), of all households, 52.0% were family households, 44.9% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Wedderburn (L), 55.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Wedderburn (L), 36.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wedderburn (L), 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 39 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 Wedderburn (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $233.

In Wedderburn (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $693.