Wangi Wangi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,670 people in Wangi Wangi of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wangi Wangi was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.1% of the population.

Of people in Wangi Wangi aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wangi Wangi was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wangi Wangi, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wangi Wangi was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Wangi Wangi 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wangi Wangi were English 34.2%, Australian 32.7%, Scottish 9.1%, Irish 7.8% and German 2.8%.

In Wangi Wangi, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Wangi Wangi, 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wangi Wangi were Anglican 26.1%, No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 20.4%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Wangi Wangi 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Finnish 0.2%, Croatian 0.2% and Khmer 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wangi Wangi. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wangi Wangi, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wangi Wangi was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Wangi Wangi included Professionals 20.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Managers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.2%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Wangi Wangi, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.9%, Coal Mining 3.5% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wangi Wangi was $493.

In Wangi Wangi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 2.8%, Truck 1.3% and Car as driver, car as passenger 0.8%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wangi Wangi, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Wangi Wangi, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wangi Wangi, 33.4% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Wangi Wangi 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wangi Wangi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,396 and those without children was $2,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Wangi Wangi, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 16.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wangi Wangi, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wangi Wangi, 87.5% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Wangi Wangi, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wangi Wangi, 41.3% were owned outright, 29.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wangi Wangi, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Wangi Wangi, 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Wangi Wangi, 37.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wangi Wangi, there were 68 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 54.4%) were male and 31 (or 45.6%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Wangi Wangi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Wangi Wangi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,409.