Wandin North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,911 people in Wandin North of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wandin North was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Wandin North aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wandin North was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wandin North, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wandin North was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Wandin North 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wandin North were Australian 30.7%, English 30.2%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.7% and Italian 6.5%.

In Wandin North, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Italy 1.5%, Netherlands 1.5%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Wandin North, 62.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wandin North were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Christian, nfd 4.6%.

In Wandin North 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.1%, Dutch 0.7%, Mandarin 0.5%, German 0.3% and Tongan 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,499 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wandin North. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wandin North, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wandin North was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wandin North included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Managers 13.4%, Labourers 11.7%, Professionals 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Wandin North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 3.8%, Building Installation Services 3.8%, Building Completion Services 3.6%, School Education 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wandin North was $574.

In Wandin North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 2.8%, Walked only 1.6% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wandin North, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 North, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wandin North, 50.7% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Wandin North 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wandin North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,920 and those without children was $1,810.

Employment status of couple families

In Wandin North, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wandin North, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandin North, 99.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wandin North, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wandin North, 34.2% were owned outright, 50.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Wandin North, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Wandin North, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 North, 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wandin North, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 56.2%) were male and 7 (or 43.8%) were female. The median age was 47 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 North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Wandin North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $542.