Wildes Meadow

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 515 people in Wildes Meadow of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wildes Meadow was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.4% of the population.

Of people in Wildes Meadow aged 15 years and over, 64.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wildes Meadow was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wildes Meadow, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wildes Meadow was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Wildes Meadow 23.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 5.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wildes Meadow were Australian 34.5%, English 31.1%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.1%.

In Wildes Meadow, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 1.8%, United States of America 0.8% and Guam 0.6%.

In Wildes Meadow, 72.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wildes Meadow were Anglican 35.2%, No Religion 19.5%, Catholic 17.5%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Wildes Meadow 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.8%, Filipino 0.8% and Finnish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 274 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wildes Meadow. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wildes Meadow, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wildes Meadow was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Wildes Meadow included Managers 32.2%, Professionals 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 6.0%, Labourers 6.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Wildes Meadow, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.8%, School Education 5.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.8% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wildes Meadow was $705.

In Wildes Meadow, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.5%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Truck 3.8%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wildes Meadow, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Wildes Meadow, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wildes Meadow, 30.5% were couple families with children, 59.1% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Wildes Meadow 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wildes Meadow, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Wildes Meadow, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wildes Meadow, 66.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wildes Meadow, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wildes Meadow, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wildes Meadow, 52.6% were owned outright, 24.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wildes Meadow, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Wildes Meadow, 18.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.2% 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 Wildes Meadow, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wildes Meadow, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Wildes Meadow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wildes Meadow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.