Waverton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,807 people in Waverton of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Waverton was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Waverton aged 15 years and over, 40.8% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waverton was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Waverton, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waverton was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Waverton 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.3% were in primary school, 13.2% in secondary school and 35.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waverton were English 25.5%, Australian 18.8%, Irish 9.8%, Chinese 7.8% and Scottish 7.7%.

In Waverton, 57.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.2%, New Zealand 3.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.7% and United States of America 1.7%.

In Waverton, 40.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waverton were No Religion 29.6%, Catholic 25.0%, Anglican 16.6%, Buddhism 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Waverton 73.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.5%, Cantonese 3.0%, Japanese 1.4%, French 1.3% and Spanish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,762 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waverton. Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 21.0% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waverton, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waverton was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Waverton included Professionals 47.5%, Managers 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.3%, Sales Workers 4.8%, Labourers 1.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.9%.

Of the employed people in Waverton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.5%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.5%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waverton was $1,224.

In Waverton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Train 34.4%, Car, as driver 29.0%, Walked only 11.1%, Car, as passenger 2.5% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 39.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waverton, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.6% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Waverton, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waverton, 28.5% were couple families with children, 58.1% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Waverton 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waverton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,408 and those without children was $3,192.

Employment status of couple families

In Waverton, of couple families with children, 32.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waverton, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waverton, 15.4% were separate houses, 17.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 66.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Waverton, of occupied private dwellings 10.4% had 1 bedroom, 48.9% had 2 bedrooms and 31.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waverton, 31.7% were owned outright, 19.7% were owned with a mortgage and 47.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Waverton, of all households, 58.0% were family households, 33.4% were single person households and 8.6% were group households.

In Waverton, 12.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.6% 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 Waverton, 58.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waverton, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Waverton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $5,000.

In Waverton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $600 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,000.