West Wodonga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,058 people in West Wodonga of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in West Wodonga was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in West Wodonga aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Wodonga was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In West Wodonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Wodonga was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In West Wodonga 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Wodonga were Australian 33.7%, English 29.6%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.2% and German 5.0%.

In West Wodonga, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In West Wodonga, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Wodonga were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 19.9%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In West Wodonga 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, German 0.3%, Croatian 0.3%, Mandarin 0.2% and Serbian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 7,137 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Wodonga. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Wodonga, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Wodonga was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in West Wodonga included Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Managers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in West Wodonga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, School Education 3.7% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Wodonga was $588.

In West Wodonga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 1.3%, Bicycle 0.9% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Wodonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.4% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 West Wodonga, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Wodonga, 44.7% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In West Wodonga 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Wodonga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,032 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In West Wodonga, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Wodonga, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Wodonga, 82.3% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In West Wodonga, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Wodonga, 21.7% were owned outright, 38.0% were owned with a mortgage and 37.4% were rented.

Household composition

In West Wodonga, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In West Wodonga, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 West Wodonga, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Wodonga, there were 262 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 113 (or 43.1%) were male and 149 (or 56.9%) were female. The median age was 18 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 West Wodonga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $761.

In West Wodonga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,587.