Wantirna South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,477 people in Wantirna South of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Wantirna South was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Wantirna South aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wantirna South was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Wantirna South, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wantirna South was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wantirna South 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 27.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wantirna South were Australian 21.2%, English 20.9%, Chinese 13.2%, Irish 5.6% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Wantirna South, 59.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malaysia 4.4%, England 3.9%, India 3.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.5% and Sri Lanka 3.1%.

In Wantirna South, 38.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wantirna South were Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 20.4%, Anglican 11.4%, Buddhism 6.1% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

In Wantirna South 65.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 6.9%, Mandarin 5.0%, Greek 2.2%, Tamil 1.6% and Sinhalese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 9,407 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wantirna South. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wantirna South, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wantirna South was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wantirna South included Professionals 24.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Wantirna South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wantirna South was $552.

In Wantirna South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 2.5%, Train, car as driver 2.3% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wantirna South, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Wantirna South, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wantirna South, 55.9% were couple families with children, 30.6% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Wantirna South 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wantirna South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,605 and those without children was $2,128.

Employment status of couple families

In Wantirna South, of couple families with children, 21.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wantirna South, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wantirna South, 85.5% were separate houses, 10.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Wantirna South, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wantirna South, 42.0% were owned outright, 37.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Wantirna South, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Wantirna South, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.0% 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 Wantirna South, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wantirna South, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 51.6%) were male and 15 (or 48.4%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Wantirna South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Wantirna South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $375 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,650.