West Woombye

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,104 people in West Woombye of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in West Woombye was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.2% of the population.

Of people in West Woombye aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Woombye was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In West Woombye, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Woombye was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In West Woombye 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.6% were in primary school, 31.5% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Woombye were English 32.2%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 9.2% and German 5.4%.

In West Woombye, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 3.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Germany 0.8% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In West Woombye, 67.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Woombye were No Religion 23.4%, Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 17.2%, Christian, nfd 6.5% and Uniting Church 5.9%.

In West Woombye 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.8%, German 0.6%, Dutch 0.3% and Afrikaans 0.3%.

Employment

There were 527 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Woombye. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Woombye, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Woombye was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in West Woombye included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Professionals 18.3%, Managers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Labourers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in West Woombye, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Hospitals 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Woombye was $498.

In West Woombye, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 2.8%, Walked only 1.8% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Woombye, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Woombye, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Woombye, 42.7% were couple families with children, 43.0% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In West Woombye 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Woombye, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,107 and those without children was $1,954.

Employment status of couple families

In West Woombye, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Woombye, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Woombye, 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In West Woombye, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 34.4% 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 West Woombye, 39.9% were owned outright, 41.9% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In West Woombye, of all households, 85.4% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In West Woombye, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 West Woombye, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Woombye, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 58.8%) were male and 7 (or 41.2%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Woombye, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In West Woombye, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $600.