Wentworth Falls

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,934 people in Wentworth Falls of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wentworth Falls was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.7% of the population.

Of people in Wentworth Falls aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wentworth Falls was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Wentworth Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wentworth Falls was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Wentworth Falls 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wentworth Falls were English 31.3%, Australian 24.8%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.2%.

In Wentworth Falls, 72.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, New Zealand 1.9%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 0.8% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Wentworth Falls, 57.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wentworth Falls were No Religion 27.5%, Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 19.5%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Wentworth Falls 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Spanish 0.5%, Greek 0.4%, French 0.4% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,544 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wentworth Falls. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wentworth Falls, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wentworth Falls was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Wentworth Falls included Professionals 28.7%, Managers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Labourers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Wentworth Falls, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.6%, Tertiary Education 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Hospitals 3.2% and Local Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wentworth Falls was $534.

In Wentworth Falls, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.7%, Train 5.9%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 2.5% and Train, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 9.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wentworth Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Wentworth Falls, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wentworth Falls, 36.9% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Wentworth Falls 16.4% of single parents were male and 83.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wentworth Falls, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,293 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Wentworth Falls, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wentworth Falls, 83.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wentworth Falls, 95.8% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Wentworth Falls, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.4% had 2 bedrooms and 49.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wentworth Falls, 45.2% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wentworth Falls, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Wentworth Falls, 27.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Wentworth Falls, 46.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wentworth Falls, there were 75 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 41.3%) were male and 44 (or 58.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Wentworth Falls, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,687.

In Wentworth Falls, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.