Wyndham Vale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,493 people were counted in Wyndham Vale: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale there were 2,001 children aged 0-14 years and 753 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, 6,703 people were Australian citizens, 1,206 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, 53.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 3.0% were widowed and 33.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, 78.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wyndham Vale were England 5.6%, Scotland 1.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Italy 0.7% and Malta 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Wyndham Vale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.3%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, Maltese 0.9%, Spanish 0.6%, German 0.3% and Macedonian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,853 people aged 15 years and over in Wyndham Vale were in the labour force. Of these 63.9% worked full-time, 27.3% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 1,480 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.4%, Professionals 7.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wyndham Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.0%, Food Retailing 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Education 3.5% and Health Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, 2,078 families were counted: of these, 26.1% were couple families without children, 54.4% were couple families with children, 18.5% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, 2,512 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wyndham Vale, 97.9% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 53.5% were being purchased and 12.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wyndham Vale, 81.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.