Two Wells

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,293 people in Two Wells of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Two Wells was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Two Wells aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Two Wells was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Two Wells, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Two Wells was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Two Wells 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Two Wells were English 31.2%, Australian 30.2%, Italian 7.2%, Scottish 5.5% and Irish 5.0%.

In Two Wells, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, Italy 2.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, Greece 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Two Wells, 61.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Two Wells were No Religion 30.9%, Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 12.0%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Lutheran 3.4%.

In Two Wells 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.1%, Greek 1.7%, Serbian 0.4%, Vietnamese 0.4% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,166 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Two Wells. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Two Wells, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Two Wells was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Two Wells included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Labourers 12.4%, Managers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Professionals 8.6% and Sales Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Two Wells, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.1%, Residential Care Services 2.3% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Two Wells was $526.

In Two Wells, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.3%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 3.0%, Walked only 1.9% and Bus 0.9%. 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 78.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Two Wells, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Two Wells, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Two Wells, 47.3% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Two Wells 27.9% of single parents were male and 72.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Two Wells, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,891 and those without children was $1,704.

Employment status of couple families

In Two Wells, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Two Wells, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Two Wells, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Two Wells, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% 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 Two Wells, 27.3% were owned outright, 55.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Two Wells, of all households, 76.9% were family households, 19.9% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Two Wells, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.4% 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 Two Wells, 23.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Two Wells, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 54.3%) were male and 21 (or 45.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Two Wells, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,437.

In Two Wells, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $209 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.