Wedge Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 484 people in Wedge Island of these 59.1% were male and 40.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wedge Island was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Wedge Island aged 15 years and over, 48.8% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wedge Island was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wedge Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wedge Island was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Wedge Island 45.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.1% were in primary school, 4.5% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wedge Island were English 23.8%, Australian 22.4%, Irish 4.9%, Scottish 4.4% and Australian Aboriginal 2.6%.

In Wedge Island, 52.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 2.3%, Ukraine 1.2%, South Africa 1.0% and Bulgaria 0.8%.

In Wedge Island, 67.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wedge Island were No Religion 16.5%, Anglican 15.9%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Baptist 2.5%.

In Wedge Island 60.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.4%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Russian 0.6%, Ukrainian 0.6% and Bulgarian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 208 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wedge Island. Of these 76.4% were employed full time, 17.8% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wedge Island, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 72.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wedge Island was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Wedge Island included Managers 34.8%, Labourers 16.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Professionals 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6%, Sales Workers 4.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Wedge Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 33.7%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 11.1%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 7.5%, Basic Chemical Manufacturing 7.5% and Metal Ore Mining 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wedge Island was $737.

In Wedge Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.2%, Car, as passenger 11.6%, Walked only 7.5%, Bus 7.0% and Other 2.5%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wedge Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.5% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Wedge Island, 17.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wedge Island, 31.4% were couple families with children, 55.7% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Wedge Island 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wedge Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $966.

Employment status of couple families

In Wedge Island, of couple families with children, 33.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 30.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wedge Island, 18.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 81.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wedge Island, 87.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 13.0% were other dwellings.

In Wedge Island, of occupied private dwellings 9.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wedge Island, 46.5% were owned outright, 8.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wedge Island, of all households, 70.0% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Wedge Island, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Wedge Island, 15.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wedge Island, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 60.9%) were male and 9 (or 39.1%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Wedge Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $624.

In Wedge Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.