North Warrandyte

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,954 people in North Warrandyte of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in North Warrandyte was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in North Warrandyte aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Warrandyte was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In North Warrandyte, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Warrandyte was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In North Warrandyte 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Warrandyte were English 31.7%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.2% and German 3.6%.

In North Warrandyte, 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 1.0%, United States of America 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

In North Warrandyte, 60.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Warrandyte were No Religion 45.3%, Catholic 17.0%, Anglican 11.4%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Baptist 2.3%.

In North Warrandyte 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.3%, Italian 0.9%, German 0.8%, French 0.6% and Japanese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,621 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Warrandyte. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Warrandyte, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Warrandyte was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in North Warrandyte included Professionals 33.8%, Managers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in North Warrandyte, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Hospitals 4.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.4%, Allied Health Services 3.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Warrandyte was $748.

In North Warrandyte, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Bus 1.6%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Warrandyte, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.6% provided care for children and 13.2% 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 North Warrandyte, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Warrandyte, 59.1% were couple families with children, 31.4% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In North Warrandyte 24.7% of single parents were male and 75.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Warrandyte, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,737 and those without children was $2,727.

Employment status of couple families

In North Warrandyte, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 32.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Warrandyte, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Warrandyte, 99.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Warrandyte, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% 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 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Warrandyte, 38.8% were owned outright, 52.5% were owned with a mortgage and 7.3% were rented.

Household composition

In North Warrandyte, of all households, 86.3% were family households, 12.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In North Warrandyte, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.7% 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 North Warrandyte, 16.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Warrandyte, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 North Warrandyte, 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 $5,000.

In North Warrandyte, 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.