Wights Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 725 people in Wights Mountain of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Wights Mountain was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Wights Mountain aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wights Mountain was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Wights Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wights Mountain was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wights Mountain 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 24.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wights Mountain were English 33.1%, Australian 25.8%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.4% and German 6.0%.

In Wights Mountain, 75.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.6%, New Zealand 2.5%, Canada 1.2%, Switzerland 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Wights Mountain, 60.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wights Mountain were No Religion 25.1%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 21.4%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Baptist 3.6%.

In Wights Mountain 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.8%, Hindi 0.6%, French 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Cantonese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 408 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wights Mountain. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wights Mountain, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wights Mountain was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Wights Mountain included Professionals 29.3%, Managers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1% and Labourers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Wights Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.8%, Building Installation Services 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wights Mountain was $698.

In Wights Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Train, car as driver 5.3%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Train 2.0% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wights Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.7% 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 Wights Mountain, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wights Mountain, 51.4% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Wights Mountain 42.1% of single parents were male and 57.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wights Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,115 and those without children was $2,476.

Employment status of couple families

In Wights Mountain, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wights Mountain, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wights Mountain, 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 Wights Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 3.8% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wights Mountain, 43.7% were owned outright, 47.9% were owned with a mortgage and 5.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wights Mountain, of all households, 86.5% were family households, 12.2% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Wights Mountain, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.4% 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 Wights Mountain, 14.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wights Mountain, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Wights Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Wights Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.