Woodend North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 210 people in Woodend North of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Woodend North was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Woodend North aged 15 years and over, 62.9% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woodend North was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Woodend North, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woodend North was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Woodend North 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.6% were in primary school, 30.2% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woodend North were English 35.1%, Australian 27.2%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 8.2% and German 4.3%.

In Woodend North, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 1.4%, Italy 1.4% and Netherlands 1.4%.

In Woodend North, 66.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woodend North were Catholic 31.1%, No Religion 23.4%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Lutheran 2.4%.

In Woodend North 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.8% and German 1.4%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woodend North. Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woodend North, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woodend North was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Woodend North included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Managers 17.0%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Labourers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Woodend North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.8%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 2.8%, Beverage Manufacturing 2.8% and Converted Paper Product Manufacturing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woodend North was $614.

In Woodend North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Train 2.8%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Truck 2.8% and Train, car as driver 2.8%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woodend North, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Woodend North, 32.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woodend North, 51.7% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Woodend North 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woodend North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,150 and those without children was $2,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Woodend North, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 35.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woodend North, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodend North, 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 Woodend North, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodend North, 45.2% were owned outright, 49.3% were owned with a mortgage and 5.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Woodend North, of all households, 84.7% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Woodend North, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Woodend North, 19.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woodend North, 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 Woodend North, 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 Woodend North, 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.