Lower Wonga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 498 people in Lower Wonga of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Wonga was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Lower Wonga aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Wonga was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Lower Wonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% 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 Lower Wonga was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Lower Wonga 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.3% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Wonga were English 31.6%, Australian 30.3%, Irish 7.4%, German 7.2% and Scottish 6.5%.

In Lower Wonga, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.2%, England 1.8%, Germany 1.2%, Netherlands 0.8% and Kenya 0.6%.

In Lower Wonga, 79.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Wonga were No Religion 24.8%, Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 15.6%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Lower Wonga 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Portuguese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 215 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Wonga. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Wonga, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Wonga was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Wonga included Managers 27.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Professionals 9.0% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Lower Wonga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.3%, School Education 5.4%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.9% and Child Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Wonga was $377.

In Lower Wonga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.8%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Motorbike/scooter 3.4% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Wonga, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Lower Wonga, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Wonga, 40.6% were couple families with children, 49.3% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Lower Wonga 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Wonga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $974 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Wonga, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Wonga, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Wonga, 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 Lower Wonga, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Wonga, 45.0% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Wonga, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Lower Wonga, 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Lower Wonga, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Wonga, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Lower Wonga, 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 Lower Wonga, 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.