Woodville South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,956 people in Woodville South of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Woodville South was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Woodville South aged 15 years and over, 46.8% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woodville South was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Woodville South, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woodville South was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Woodville South 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 23.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woodville South were Australian 21.6%, English 20.7%, Italian 11.0%, Irish 5.8% and Greek 5.4%.

In Woodville South, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.2%, England 3.0%, Italy 2.8%, Greece 1.1% and Vietnam 1.0%.

In Woodville South, 49.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woodville South were Catholic 32.9%, No Religion 18.9%, Eastern Orthodox 10.2%, Anglican 9.6% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

In Woodville South 71.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.2%, Greek 4.5%, Serbian 1.7%, Mandarin 1.2% and Vietnamese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,536 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woodville South. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woodville South, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woodville South was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Woodville South included Professionals 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Woodville South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.6%, School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and State Government Administration 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woodville South was $578.

In Woodville South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.3%, Bus 4.8%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 4.1% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 8.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woodville South, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.3% 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 South, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woodville South, 46.8% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Woodville South 19.9% of single parents were male and 80.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woodville South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,134 and those without children was $1,845.

Employment status of couple families

In Woodville South, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woodville South, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodville South, 83.5% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Woodville South, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 24.7% had 2 bedrooms and 59.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodville South, 35.2% were owned outright, 36.3% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Woodville South, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Woodville South, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 South, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woodville South, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 73.1%) were male and 7 (or 26.9%) were female. The median age was 18 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 South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Woodville South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.