Winkie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 347 people in Winkie of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Winkie was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Winkie aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Winkie was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Winkie, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Winkie was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Winkie 23.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Winkie were Australian 35.1%, English 25.8%, German 12.6%, Scottish 7.5% and Irish 2.6%.

In Winkie, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, India 1.1%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.9% and Greece 0.9%.

In Winkie, 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Winkie were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 14.9%, Lutheran 11.7% and Uniting Church 9.5%.

In Winkie 88.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 2.3%, Greek 2.0%, Croatian 1.4%, Punjabi 1.4% and Filipino 1.4%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Winkie. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Winkie, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Winkie was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Winkie included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Professionals 14.9%, Managers 13.4%, Labourers 12.4%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Winkie, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 10.4%, Beverage Manufacturing 6.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Winkie was $562.

In Winkie, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.2%, Walked only 2.1%, Bus 1.6% and Car, as passenger 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% 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 Winkie, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Winkie, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Winkie, 35.8% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Winkie 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Winkie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $2,178.

Employment status of couple families

In Winkie, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Winkie, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winkie, 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 Winkie, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 60.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Winkie, 40.5% were owned outright, 45.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Winkie, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 15.8% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Winkie, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Winkie, 19.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Winkie, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Winkie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Winkie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.