North Wollongong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,272 people in North Wollongong of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in North Wollongong was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in North Wollongong aged 15 years and over, 19.0% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Wollongong was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In North Wollongong, of people aged 15 years and over, 25.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Wollongong was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In North Wollongong 53.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 4.0% were in primary school, 3.4% in secondary school and 78.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Wollongong were English 24.0%, Australian 22.3%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.6% and Italian 4.9%.

In North Wollongong, 65.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.2%, England 2.9%, Iran 1.7%, India 1.5% and United States of America 1.1%.

In North Wollongong, 49.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Wollongong were No Religion 31.1%, Catholic 25.0%, Anglican 13.3%, Eastern Orthodox 3.2% and Islam 3.2%.

In North Wollongong 71.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.7%, Italian 2.0%, Persian (excluding Dari) 1.6%, Greek 1.4% and Macedonian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,264 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Wollongong. Of these 44.6% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 13.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Wollongong, 22.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Wollongong was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 23 years.

The most common occupations in North Wollongong included Professionals 31.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.9%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Managers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in North Wollongong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 9.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.2%, School Education 5.4%, Hospitals 3.2% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Wollongong was $345.

In North Wollongong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.7%, Walked only 7.3%, Bus 5.2%, Car, as passenger 4.9% and Train 2.7%. On the day, 10.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Wollongong, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.5% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 North Wollongong, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Wollongong, 25.0% were couple families with children, 53.6% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In North Wollongong 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Wollongong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,312 and those without children was $2,150.

Employment status of couple families

In North Wollongong, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Wollongong, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wollongong, 22.0% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 72.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In North Wollongong, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 55.4% had 2 bedrooms and 25.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wollongong, 19.1% were owned outright, 17.6% were owned with a mortgage and 60.6% were rented.

Household composition

In North Wollongong, of all households, 42.9% were family households, 37.8% were single person households and 19.3% were group households.

In North Wollongong, 31.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 North Wollongong, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Wollongong, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 64.3%) were male and 10 (or 35.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 North Wollongong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,687.

In North Wollongong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.