Wanora

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 339 people in Wanora of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Wanora was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Wanora aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Wanora, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wanora was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Wanora 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wanora were English 35.3%, Australian 29.3%, German 9.9%, Irish 6.4% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Wanora, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 3.6%, Germany 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Wanora, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wanora were Anglican 28.5%, Catholic 20.2%, No Religion 18.1%, Lutheran 9.2% and Uniting Church 8.0%.

In Wanora 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Swedish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 190 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wanora. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wanora, 15.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wanora was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Wanora included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 15.3%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Wanora, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.0%, Local Government Administration 5.4%, School Education 4.9%, Hospitals 4.9% and Residential Care Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wanora was $557.

In Wanora, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 5.5%, Truck 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.6%. 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 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wanora, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 18.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Wanora, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wanora, 45.0% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Wanora 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wanora, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,312 and those without children was $3,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Wanora, of couple families with children, 26.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wanora, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wanora, 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 Wanora, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wanora, 46.3% were owned outright, 40.5% were owned with a mortgage and 10.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Wanora, of all households, 76.9% were family households, 16.5% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Wanora, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Wanora, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wanora, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Wanora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wanora, 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.