Wandin East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 440 people in Wandin East of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wandin East was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Wandin East aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wandin East was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Wandin East, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wandin East was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Wandin East 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 36.1% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wandin East were Australian 27.7%, English 26.2%, Italian 15.9%, Scottish 8.2% and Irish 6.3%.

In Wandin East, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 6.6%, England 3.0%, France 0.9%, Poland 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Wandin East, 57.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wandin East were Catholic 36.6%, No Religion 27.7%, Anglican 9.5%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Wandin East 80.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.2%, Greek 2.3%, Polish 0.9%, German 0.7% and Hungarian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 249 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wandin East. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wandin East, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wandin East was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wandin East included Managers 26.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 12.0%, Professionals 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Wandin East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.1%, Residential Building Construction 4.9%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 4.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.3% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wandin East was $528.

In Wandin East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.6%, Walked only 7.0%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Truck 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. 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 59.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wandin East, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Wandin East, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wandin East, 52.1% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Wandin East 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wandin East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Wandin East, of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% 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 Wandin East, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandin East, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wandin East, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandin East, 45.3% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wandin East, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Wandin East, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.7% 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 Wandin East, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wandin East, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Wandin East, 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 $700.

In Wandin East, 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.