Warragul South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 390 people in Warragul South of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Warragul South was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in Warragul South aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Warragul South was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Warragul South, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Warragul South was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Warragul South 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 30.5% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Warragul South were Australian 36.8%, English 31.6%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 5.8% and Italian 4.3%.

In Warragul South, 91.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.0%, Germany 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, United States of America 1.0% and Italy 0.8%.

In Warragul South, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Warragul South were No Religion 21.1%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 20.6%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.9%.

In Warragul South 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 2.0%.

Employment

There were 206 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Warragul South. Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Warragul South, 19.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Warragul South was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Warragul South included Managers 34.5%, Professionals 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Labourers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Warragul South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 12.2%, School Education 6.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Warragul South was $553.

In Warragul South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.8%, Walked only 8.6%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Truck 1.5% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Warragul South, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.2% 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 Warragul South, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Warragul South, 51.8% were couple families with children, 40.9% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Warragul South 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Warragul South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Warragul South, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 29.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Warragul South, 84.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warragul South, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Warragul South, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warragul South, 52.8% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Warragul South, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Warragul South, 19.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.0% 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 Warragul South, 14.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Warragul South, 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 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 Warragul South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Warragul South, 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.