Mount Warrigal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,543 people in Mount Warrigal of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Warrigal was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Mount Warrigal aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Warrigal was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Warrigal, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Warrigal was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Mount Warrigal 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Warrigal were English 28.4%, Australian 27.2%, Irish 6.1%, Scottish 5.6% and German 3.7%.

In Mount Warrigal, 74.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, Germany 1.5%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3% and Italy 1.2%.

In Mount Warrigal, 52.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Warrigal were Catholic 32.1%, Anglican 22.7%, No Religion 17.7%, Eastern Orthodox 5.4% and Uniting Church 4.1%.

In Mount Warrigal 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 2.5%, Spanish 1.9%, Turkish 1.5%, Greek 1.3% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,981 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Warrigal. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Warrigal, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Warrigal was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Warrigal included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Professionals 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3% and Managers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Mount Warrigal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, School Education 4.0%, Hospitals 3.1% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Warrigal was $405.

In Mount Warrigal, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 1.1%, Walked only 1.0% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Warrigal, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.1% 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 Mount Warrigal, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Warrigal, 37.7% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Warrigal 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Warrigal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,047 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Warrigal, of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Warrigal, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Warrigal, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Warrigal, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 64.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Warrigal, 43.0% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Warrigal, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 16.6% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Mount Warrigal, 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Mount Warrigal, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Warrigal, there were 221 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 113 (or 51.1%) were male and 108 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Mount Warrigal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Mount Warrigal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.