South Wentworthville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,526 people in South Wentworthville of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in South Wentworthville was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in South Wentworthville aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Wentworthville was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Wentworthville, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Wentworthville was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In South Wentworthville 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Wentworthville were Australian 16.4%, English 14.9%, Lebanese 14.7%, Chinese 4.3% and Irish 4.0%.

In South Wentworthville, 56.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 6.9%, India 3.6%, New Zealand 2.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2% and Philippines 1.7%.

In South Wentworthville, 28.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 59.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Wentworthville were Catholic 39.8%, Anglican 12.0%, Islam 8.9%, No Religion 8.7% and Eastern Orthodox 5.2%.

In South Wentworthville 50.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 17.8%, Cantonese 2.2%, Hindi 1.9%, Mandarin 1.7% and Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 2,549 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Wentworthville. Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 22.9% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Wentworthville, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Wentworthville was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in South Wentworthville included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.7%, Professionals 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Managers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Labourers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in South Wentworthville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 3.0%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and School Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Wentworthville was $522.

In South Wentworthville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Train 6.3%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Bus 3.4% and Train, bus 3.4%. On the day, 16.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Wentworthville, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 South Wentworthville, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Wentworthville, 51.0% were couple families with children, 26.3% were couple families without children and 20.4% were one parent families.

In South Wentworthville 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Wentworthville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,297 and those without children was $2,012.

Employment status of couple families

In South Wentworthville, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Wentworthville, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Wentworthville, 67.7% were separate houses, 31.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In South Wentworthville, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Wentworthville, 30.7% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Wentworthville, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In South Wentworthville, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 South Wentworthville, 39.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Wentworthville, there were 68 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 63.2%) were male and 25 (or 36.8%) were female. The median age was 26 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 South Wentworthville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In South Wentworthville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,709.