Wentworth Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,759 people in Wentworth Point of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wentworth Point was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.6% of the population.

Of people in Wentworth Point aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wentworth Point was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Wentworth Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wentworth Point was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Wentworth Point 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.5% were in primary school, 6.7% in secondary school and 28.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wentworth Point were English 14.8%, Australian 11.4%, Chinese 10.8%, Korean 6.7% and Irish 4.8%.

In Wentworth Point, 44.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Korea, Republic of (South) 6.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.5%, India 3.0%, England 2.8% and New Zealand 2.2%.

In Wentworth Point, 26.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wentworth Point were Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 19.3%, Anglican 9.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Buddhism 4.3%.

In Wentworth Point 46.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 7.7%, Mandarin 6.7%, Cantonese 4.3%, Arabic 2.5% and Italian 1.9%.

Employment

There were 1,812 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wentworth Point. Of these 77.2% were employed full time, 14.3% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wentworth Point, 5.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wentworth Point was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Wentworth Point included Professionals 36.5%, Managers 22.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Wentworth Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.3%, School Education 3.8%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.4%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.4% and Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wentworth Point was $1,124.

In Wentworth Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Train 6.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train, car as driver 2.6% and Train, bus 2.5%. On the day, 17.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wentworth Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.9% provided care for children and 6.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Point, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wentworth Point, 26.5% were couple families with children, 60.7% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Wentworth Point 25.3% of single parents were male and 74.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wentworth Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,600 and those without children was $2,457.

Employment status of couple families

In Wentworth Point, of couple families with children, 47.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wentworth Point, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wentworth Point, 0.3% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 99.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wentworth Point, of occupied private dwellings 24.0% had 1 bedroom, 58.9% had 2 bedrooms and 15.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wentworth Point, 10.2% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 54.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Wentworth Point, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 31.0% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Wentworth Point, 8.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.5% 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 Point, 52.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wentworth Point, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 65.4%) were male and 9 (or 34.6%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Wentworth Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,340.