Wickham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,651 people in Wickham of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 18.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wickham was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.6% of the population.

Of people in Wickham aged 15 years and over, 42.2% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wickham was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wickham, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wickham was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Wickham 38.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 6.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wickham were Australian 35.4%, English 24.7%, Scottish 5.4%, Irish 4.6% and German 1.8%.

In Wickham, 70.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, England 2.4%, South Africa 0.8%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 0.5% and Ireland 0.4%.

In Wickham, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wickham were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 2.9% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

In Wickham 78.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yindjibarndi 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Spanish 0.3%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.3% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 786 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wickham. Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 15.8% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wickham, 4.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wickham was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Wickham included Technicians and Trades Workers 28.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Professionals 11.5%, Labourers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Sales Workers 5.4% and Managers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Wickham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 51.4%, School Education 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.7% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wickham was $1,316.

In Wickham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.1%, Bus 13.8%, Car, as passenger 12.7%, Walked only 4.8% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 14.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wickham, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Wickham, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wickham, 64.1% were couple families with children, 22.8% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Wickham 26.3% of single parents were male and 73.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wickham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,306 and those without children was $3,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Wickham, of couple families with children, 32.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wickham, 67.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wickham, 58.9% were separate houses, 35.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Wickham, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 55.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wickham, 2.4% were owned outright, 3.9% were owned with a mortgage and 90.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Wickham, of all households, 78.6% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Wickham, 6.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 37.0% 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 Wickham, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wickham, there were 303 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 148 (or 48.8%) were male and 155 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Wickham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,187.

In Wickham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.