Woodridge Estate (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 584 people in Woodridge Estate (L) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Woodridge Estate (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Woodridge Estate (L) aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woodridge Estate (L) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Woodridge Estate (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woodridge Estate (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Woodridge Estate (L) 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woodridge Estate (L) were English 38.4%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 6.3% and Italian 2.4%.

In Woodridge Estate (L), 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 16.6%, New Zealand 4.1%, Scotland 2.4%, Germany 0.9% and Lebanon 0.5%.

In Woodridge Estate (L), 43.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woodridge Estate (L) were Anglican 31.8%, No Religion 21.5%, Catholic 13.6%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Baptist 2.9%.

In Woodridge Estate (L) 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.7%, French 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.5%.

Employment

There were 203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woodridge Estate (L). Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woodridge Estate (L), 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woodridge Estate (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Woodridge Estate (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.8%, Labourers 19.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Professionals 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Managers 9.5%, Sales Workers 6.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Woodridge Estate (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 5.8%, Building Structure Services 5.2%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.7%, Building Installation Services 4.2% and Road Passenger Transport 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woodridge Estate (L) was $375.

In Woodridge Estate (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Bus 3.2%, Truck 3.2% and Other 2.1%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woodridge Estate (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Woodridge Estate (L), 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woodridge Estate (L), 37.3% were couple families with children, 55.3% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Woodridge Estate (L) 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woodridge Estate (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $2,349.

Employment status of couple families

In Woodridge Estate (L), of couple families with children, 11.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 10.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woodridge Estate (L), 78.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodridge Estate (L), 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 Woodridge Estate (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodridge Estate (L), 40.5% were owned outright, 48.0% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Woodridge Estate (L), of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Woodridge Estate (L), 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Woodridge Estate (L), 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woodridge Estate (L), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Woodridge Estate (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 $941.

In Woodridge Estate (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,535.