Wanneroo (North Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 58,313 people in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) were English 31.9%, Australian 22.0%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 5.9% and Italian 4.1%.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 56.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 15.1%, New Zealand 3.5%, South Africa 3.3%, Scotland 2.1% and India 1.2%.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 32.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 23.9%, Anglican 20.0%, Christian, nfd 3.1% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) 80.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.6%, Afrikaans 1.5%, Gujarati 1.3%, Italian 1.2% and Macedonian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 31,142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan). Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Professionals 16.4%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.5%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Building Completion Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) was $731.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 2.6%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.2% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 53.5% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,349 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 91.1% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.2% had 2 bedrooms and 23.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 21.1% were owned outright, 58.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), of all households, 82.5% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.9% 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 Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), there were 569 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 275 (or 48.3%) were male and 294 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,354.

In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.