Wakeley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,671 people in Wakeley of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wakeley was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Wakeley aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wakeley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wakeley, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wakeley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Wakeley 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wakeley were Vietnamese 12.9%, Chinese 11.8%, Assyrian 11.6%, Australian 7.3% and English 5.8%.

In Wakeley, 40.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 13.0%, Vietnam 12.7%, Cambodia 3.1%, Croatia 2.3% and Uruguay 1.5%.

In Wakeley, 9.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 85.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wakeley were Catholic 37.8%, Buddhism 18.6%, Eastern Orthodox 9.1%, Assyrian Apostolic 8.8% and No Religion 7.0%.

In Wakeley 22.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 15.7%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 13.7%, Arabic 5.7%, Spanish 5.2% and Cantonese 4.9%.

Employment

There were 2,142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wakeley. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wakeley, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wakeley was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Wakeley included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Professionals 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Labourers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9% and Managers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Wakeley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 2.9%, School Education 2.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wakeley was $412.

In Wakeley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.6%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Train 5.1%, Train, bus 2.0% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 12.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wakeley, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.0% 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 Wakeley, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wakeley, 55.0% were couple families with children, 25.2% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Wakeley 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wakeley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,086 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Wakeley, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wakeley, 96.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wakeley, 84.3% were separate houses, 14.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Wakeley, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wakeley, 40.8% were owned outright, 39.2% were owned with a mortgage and 16.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wakeley, of all households, 89.7% were family households, 8.9% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Wakeley, 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Wakeley, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wakeley, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 20.0%) were male and 12 (or 80.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Wakeley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Wakeley, 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.