Wardell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 959 people in Wardell of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wardell was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Wardell aged 15 years and over, 46.3% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wardell was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Wardell, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wardell was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Wardell 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wardell were Australian 35.4%, English 31.5%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 6.5% and German 4.1%.

In Wardell, 88.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, Italy 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and South Africa 0.4%.

In Wardell, 80.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wardell were Anglican 27.4%, Catholic 25.1%, No Religion 21.0%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Wardell 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Irish 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 446 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wardell. Of these 47.8% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wardell, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wardell was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Wardell included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Labourers 17.1%, Managers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Professionals 9.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Wardell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 3.5% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wardell was $402.

In Wardell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Truck 3.7%, Walked only 2.7% and Truck, motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wardell, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Wardell, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wardell, 35.6% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 17.8% were one parent families.

In Wardell 27.1% of single parents were male and 72.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wardell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,672 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Wardell, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wardell, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wardell, 82.7% were separate houses, 9.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.7% were other dwellings.

In Wardell, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 49.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wardell, 32.5% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wardell, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Wardell, 31.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Wardell, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wardell, there were 102 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 41.2%) were male and 60 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Wardell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Wardell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,753.