Mount Waverley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 32,076 people in Mount Waverley of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Waverley was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Waverley aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Waverley was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Waverley, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Waverley was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mount Waverley 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 30.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Waverley were English 19.6%, Australian 18.7%, Chinese 12.5%, Irish 7.0% and Greek 5.8%.

In Mount Waverley, 58.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.2%, Sri Lanka 3.7%, India 2.7%, England 2.6% and Greece 2.4%.

In Mount Waverley, 38.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Waverley were No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 10.3%, Eastern Orthodox 7.8% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

In Mount Waverley 60.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.9%, Greek 6.0%, Cantonese 4.3%, Sinhalese 2.7% and Italian 1.9%.

Employment

There were 15,781 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Waverley. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Waverley, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Waverley was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Waverley included Professionals 31.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Managers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Mount Waverley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 4.1%, Tertiary Education 3.4% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Waverley was $567.

In Mount Waverley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Train 8.4%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 15.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Waverley, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Mount Waverley, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Waverley, 48.0% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Mount Waverley 16.4% of single parents were male and 83.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Waverley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,660 and those without children was $2,304.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Waverley, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 20.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Waverley, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Waverley, 79.9% were separate houses, 11.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Waverley, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Waverley, 47.9% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 20.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Waverley, of all households, 76.0% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Mount Waverley, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Mount Waverley, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Waverley, there were 59 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 37.3%) were male and 37 (or 62.7%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Mount Waverley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,643.

In Mount Waverley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $298 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,250.