Wilsonton Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,822 people in Wilsonton Heights of these 46.5% were male and 53.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Wilsonton Heights was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Wilsonton Heights aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wilsonton Heights was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Wilsonton Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wilsonton Heights was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Wilsonton Heights 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wilsonton Heights were Australian 37.2%, English 27.7%, German 7.7%, Irish 7.5% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Wilsonton Heights, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, New Zealand 1.1%, Philippines 0.5%, Papua New Guinea 0.4% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Wilsonton Heights, 82.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wilsonton Heights were Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 21.7%, No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8%.

In Wilsonton Heights 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Arabic 0.3%, Dinka 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,242 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wilsonton Heights. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wilsonton Heights, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wilsonton Heights was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wilsonton Heights included Labourers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Professionals 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Wilsonton Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wilsonton Heights was $505.

In Wilsonton Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.9%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Walked only 1.7%, Motorbike/scooter 1.2% and Taxi 0.9%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wilsonton Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Wilsonton Heights, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wilsonton Heights, 34.6% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 27.2% were one parent families.

In Wilsonton Heights 10.5% of single parents were male and 89.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wilsonton Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,858 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Wilsonton Heights, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wilsonton Heights, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilsonton Heights, 89.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wilsonton Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 63.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wilsonton Heights, 24.6% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 46.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wilsonton Heights, of all households, 70.7% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Wilsonton Heights, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Wilsonton Heights, 45.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wilsonton Heights, there were 294 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 127 (or 43.2%) were male and 167 (or 56.8%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Wilsonton Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $888.

In Wilsonton Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.