North Wonthaggi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,525 people in North Wonthaggi of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in North Wonthaggi was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in North Wonthaggi aged 15 years and over, 52.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Wonthaggi was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In North Wonthaggi, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Wonthaggi was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In North Wonthaggi 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Wonthaggi were English 31.0%, Australian 29.2%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 7.7% and Italian 5.6%.

In North Wonthaggi, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.6%, Italy 1.0%, Netherlands 0.9% and Scotland 0.6%.

In North Wonthaggi, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Wonthaggi were No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 25.9%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In North Wonthaggi 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Dutch 0.4%, Portuguese 0.4%, Karen 0.4% and Japanese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Wonthaggi. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Wonthaggi, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Wonthaggi was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in North Wonthaggi included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Labourers 15.5%, Sales Workers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Managers 10.6%, Professionals 10.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in North Wonthaggi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, School Education 4.5%, Hospitals 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2% and Residential Building Construction 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Wonthaggi was $456.

In North Wonthaggi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 8.2%, Walked only 2.3%, Truck 1.0% and Bus 0.6%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Wonthaggi, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Wonthaggi, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Wonthaggi, 41.5% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In North Wonthaggi 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Wonthaggi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,810 and those without children was $1,444.

Employment status of couple families

In North Wonthaggi, of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Wonthaggi, 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wonthaggi, 95.3% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Wonthaggi, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 60.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Wonthaggi, 42.7% were owned outright, 34.0% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In North Wonthaggi, of all households, 75.8% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In North Wonthaggi, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Wonthaggi, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Wonthaggi, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 48.5%) were male and 17 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Wonthaggi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In North Wonthaggi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,690.