Wurdong Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 367 people in Wurdong Heights of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Wurdong Heights was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Wurdong Heights aged 15 years and over, 66.7% were married and 4.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wurdong Heights was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Wurdong Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wurdong Heights was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Wurdong Heights 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 34.3% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wurdong Heights were Australian 39.0%, English 33.0%, Irish 5.2%, Scottish 4.1% and German 4.1%.

In Wurdong Heights, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, New Zealand 3.5%, South Africa 2.7%, Germany 1.4% and Scotland 1.4%.

In Wurdong Heights, 72.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wurdong Heights were Anglican 27.3%, No Religion 24.1%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5%.

In Wurdong Heights 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 1.4%.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wurdong Heights. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wurdong Heights, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Wurdong Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.1%, Professionals 17.6%, Labourers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Managers 8.0%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Wurdong Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 13.8%, School Education 6.4%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Rail Freight Transport 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wurdong Heights was $581.

In Wurdong Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Bus 2.1%, Ferry, car as driver 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.6%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wurdong Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.4% 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 Wurdong Heights, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wurdong Heights, 51.7% were couple families with children, 37.9% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Wurdong Heights 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wurdong Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,949 and those without children was $2,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Wurdong Heights, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wurdong Heights, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wurdong Heights, 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 Wurdong Heights, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wurdong Heights, 37.8% were owned outright, 62.2% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wurdong Heights, of all households, 95.5% were family households, 4.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wurdong Heights, 13.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.7% 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 Wurdong Heights, 12.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wurdong Heights, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Wurdong Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Wurdong Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.