Wingham

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,660 people were counted in Wingham: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 2.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham there were 1,090 children aged 0-14 years and 1,332 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, 4,377 people were Australian citizens, 268 were born overseas and 5 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, 51.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.0% were separated or divorced, 10.2% were widowed and 24.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, 89.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wingham were England 2.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, Netherlands 0.3%, Scotland 0.2% and Germany 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Wingham on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 40.8%, Catholic 18.3%, No Religion 9.2%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 7.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 0.2%, German 0.1%, Polish 0.1%, French 0.1% and Oceanic Austronesian Languages, nec (incl. Hawai'ian, Rotuman, Tuvaluan) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,669 people aged 15 years and over in Wingham were in the labour force. Of these 54.8% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.3% were unemployed. 1,732 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 7.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.0%, Professionals 5.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Associate Professionals 3.5%, Managers and Administrators 1.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wingham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 2.7%, Food Retailing 2.5% and Education 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, 1,273 families were counted: of these, 38.0% were couple families without children, 39.9% were couple families with children, 20.9% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, 1,781 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wingham, 89.8% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, 46.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.0% were being purchased and 22.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wingham, 70.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.