Woodville Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,383 people in Woodville Gardens of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Woodville Gardens was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Woodville Gardens aged 15 years and over, 39.2% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woodville Gardens was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Woodville Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woodville Gardens was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Woodville Gardens 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.8% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 25.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woodville Gardens were Vietnamese 17.7%, Australian 12.6%, English 12.4%, Indian 8.1% and Chinese 6.9%.

In Woodville Gardens, 41.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 15.9%, India 9.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.8%, Cambodia 2.0% and England 1.5%.

In Woodville Gardens, 25.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 70.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woodville Gardens were Catholic 20.7%, Buddhism 19.1%, No Religion 18.6%, Hinduism 5.9% and Islam 4.6%.

In Woodville Gardens 34.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 22.9%, Malayalam 2.7%, Cantonese 2.7%, Khmer 2.6% and Mandarin 2.4%.

Employment

There were 886 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woodville Gardens. Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 11.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woodville Gardens, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woodville Gardens was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Woodville Gardens included Labourers 24.1%, Professionals 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Managers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Woodville Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.7%, Hospitals 4.8%, Residential Care Services 3.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.3% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woodville Gardens was $349.

In Woodville Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Bus 8.2%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 1.9% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 10.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woodville Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.3% 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 Woodville Gardens, 18.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woodville Gardens, 40.7% were couple families with children, 29.8% were couple families without children and 26.9% were one parent families.

In Woodville Gardens 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woodville Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,298 and those without children was $1,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Woodville Gardens, of couple families with children, 11.7% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 12.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woodville Gardens, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodville Gardens, 46.0% were separate houses, 40.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Woodville Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 36.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodville Gardens, 17.3% were owned outright, 20.7% were owned with a mortgage and 55.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Woodville Gardens, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Woodville Gardens, 44.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Woodville Gardens, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woodville Gardens, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 58.7%) were male and 26 (or 41.3%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Woodville Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $555.

In Woodville Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,621.