Wagga Wagga (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 54,845 people were counted in Wagga Wagga (C): of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 3.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C) there were 12,416 children aged 0-14 years and 10,480 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), 51,568 people were Australian citizens, 3,405 were born overseas and 211 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), 48.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.6% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 35.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), 89.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wagga Wagga (C) were England 1.5%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.3%, Netherlands 0.3% and Germany 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Wagga Wagga (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.5%, Anglican 26.6%, No Religion 9.4%, Presbyterian & Reformed 7.6% and Uniting Church 7.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Mandarin 0.1% and German 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 27,372 people aged 15 years and over in Wagga Wagga (C) were in the labour force. Of these 60.2% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 13,837 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.6%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Managers and Administrators 5.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wagga Wagga (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Health Services 4.2%, Defence 3.8% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), 13,949 families were counted: of these, 34.9% were couple families without children, 46.7% were couple families with children, 16.8% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), 19,779 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wagga Wagga (C), 84.5% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), 36.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.3% were being purchased and 31.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 30.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wagga Wagga (C), 70.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.0% were single (or lone) person households and 4.4% were group households.