Wynn Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,001 people in Wynn Vale of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wynn Vale was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Wynn Vale aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wynn Vale was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Wynn Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% 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 Wynn Vale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Wynn Vale 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wynn Vale were English 33.2%, Australian 27.8%, Irish 5.8%, Scottish 5.8% and German 5.5%.

In Wynn Vale, 72.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.1%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Wynn Vale, 50.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wynn Vale were No Religion 25.8%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 15.7%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Lutheran 4.0%.

In Wynn Vale 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.6%, Polish 0.5%, German 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,661 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wynn Vale. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wynn Vale, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wynn Vale was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Wynn Vale included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Professionals 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Managers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Wynn Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Hospitals 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wynn Vale was $627.

In Wynn Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Bus 6.9%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 1.1% and Bus, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 8.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wynn Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Wynn Vale, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wynn Vale, 48.5% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Wynn Vale 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wynn Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,257 and those without children was $2,017.

Employment status of couple families

In Wynn Vale, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wynn Vale, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wynn Vale, 87.1% were separate houses, 9.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wynn Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 54.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wynn Vale, 32.0% were owned outright, 45.4% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wynn Vale, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Wynn Vale, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Wynn Vale, 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wynn Vale, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 46.7%) were male and 32 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Wynn Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Wynn Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.