Wattle Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,835 people in Wattle Park of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wattle Park was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Wattle Park aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wattle Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Wattle Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wattle Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Wattle Park 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wattle Park were English 26.9%, Australian 20.2%, Chinese 8.4%, Irish 6.3% and German 5.4%.

In Wattle Park, 64.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.9%, Malaysia 2.3%, India 1.9% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.6%.

In Wattle Park, 46.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wattle Park were No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 18.0%, Catholic 17.5%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Eastern Orthodox 4.8%.

In Wattle Park 73.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.2%, Cantonese 4.0%, Greek 3.0%, Italian 2.4% and German 1.0%.

Employment

There were 889 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wattle Park. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 37.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wattle Park, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wattle Park was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Wattle Park included Professionals 37.9%, Managers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Wattle Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.9%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Medical Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wattle Park was $681.

In Wattle Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Bus 3.6%, Motorbike/scooter 1.3% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wattle Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Wattle Park, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wattle Park, 48.5% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Wattle Park 24.3% of single parents were male and 75.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wattle Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,102 and those without children was $3,029.

Employment status of couple families

In Wattle Park, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wattle Park, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Park, 90.0% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wattle Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Park, 51.3% were owned outright, 34.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wattle Park, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 0.6% were group households.

In Wattle Park, 15.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.4% 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 Wattle Park, 30.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wattle Park, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 45.5%) were male and 6 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Wattle Park, 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 $1,333.

In Wattle Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,900.