Wyong Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 387 people in Wyong Creek of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wyong Creek was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Wyong Creek aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wyong Creek was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Wyong Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wyong Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Wyong Creek 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wyong Creek were Australian 33.1%, English 26.9%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 9.7% and French 2.4%.

In Wyong Creek, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 1.8%, Canada 1.0%, France 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Wyong Creek, 65.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wyong Creek were Anglican 30.3%, No Religion 23.8%, Catholic 16.8%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Wyong Creek 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, Portuguese 1.0%, French 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and Hungarian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 215 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wyong Creek. Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wyong Creek, 18.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wyong Creek was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Wyong Creek included Managers 25.2%, Professionals 22.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Labourers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Wyong Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Nursery and Floriculture Production 5.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.5%, School Education 4.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.5% and Allied Health Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wyong Creek was $645.

In Wyong Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 3.4% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wyong Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.6% 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 Wyong Creek, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wyong Creek, 52.4% were couple families with children, 44.7% were couple families without children and 2.9% were one parent families.

In Wyong Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wyong Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,974 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Wyong Creek, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 16.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wyong Creek, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyong Creek, 92.5% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wyong Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyong Creek, 51.9% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wyong Creek, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Wyong Creek, 20.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.2% 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 Wyong Creek, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wyong Creek, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 9 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Wyong Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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