Warrandyte South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 648 people in Warrandyte South of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Warrandyte South was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Warrandyte South aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 6.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Warrandyte South was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Warrandyte South, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Warrandyte South was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Warrandyte South 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 31.4% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Warrandyte South were Australian 30.5%, English 27.8%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 8.7% and Italian 5.2%.

In Warrandyte South, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Italy 2.8%, Germany 1.4%, South Africa 1.2% and United States of America 0.9%.

In Warrandyte South, 59.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Warrandyte South were Catholic 29.1%, No Religion 28.0%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Baptist 3.4%.

In Warrandyte South 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.3%, Dutch 0.8%, Arabic 0.8%, German 0.6% and Greek 0.6%.

Employment

There were 395 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Warrandyte South. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Warrandyte South, 17.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Warrandyte South was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Warrandyte South included Professionals 28.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Managers 17.3%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Warrandyte South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Hospitals 4.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Warrandyte South was $765.

In Warrandyte South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 3.9%, Truck 2.9% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Warrandyte South, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Warrandyte South, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Warrandyte South, 67.2% were couple families with children, 24.1% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Warrandyte South 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Warrandyte South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,940 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Warrandyte South, of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 31.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Warrandyte South, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warrandyte South, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Warrandyte South, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 22.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warrandyte South, 39.8% were owned outright, 51.0% were owned with a mortgage and 7.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Warrandyte South, of all households, 84.5% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Warrandyte South, 12.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 31.4% 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 Warrandyte South, 9.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Warrandyte South, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Warrandyte 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 Warrandyte 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.