Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 368 people in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) aged 15 years and over, 41.2% were married and 25.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) 23.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.3% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) were Australian 29.3%, English 26.6%, Irish 11.6%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.3%.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 74.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 2.7%, Croatia 0.8%, Fiji 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 64.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) were No Religion 31.4%, Catholic 23.8%, Anglican 17.0%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.4% and Fijian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 211 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L). Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 6.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) included Professionals 22.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Managers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Labourers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 10.1%, Accommodation 6.5%, School Education 6.5%, Metal Ore Mining 5.0% and Residential Building Construction 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) was $854.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Ferry, car as driver 22.1%, Car, as driver 18.6%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 4.5% and Ferry, bicycle 4.0%. On the day, 56.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 22.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 36.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 27.9% were couple families with children, 59.6% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 74.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 89.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.4% were other dwellings.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), of occupied private dwellings 15.2% had 1 bedroom, 34.5% had 2 bedrooms and 22.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 35.4% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), of all households, 63.4% were family households, 32.9% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), 39.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 44.4%) were male and 10 (or 55.6%) 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 Wagait Beach - Mandorah (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Wagait Beach - Mandorah (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 $800.