Wedgefield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 622 people in Wedgefield of these 77.3% were male and 22.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wedgefield was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 3.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.2% of the population.

Of people in Wedgefield aged 15 years and over, 35.3% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wedgefield was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Wedgefield, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wedgefield was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Wedgefield 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 3.9% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wedgefield were English 25.4%, Australian 17.2%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.8% and German 2.7%.

In Wedgefield, 50.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.7%, England 3.5%, Philippines 2.1%, Scotland 1.4% and Ireland 1.3%.

In Wedgefield, 47.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wedgefield were No Religion 23.0%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 13.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Wedgefield 67.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.4%, Croatian 0.6%, Indonesian 0.6%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 421 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wedgefield. Of these 80.5% were employed full time, 9.3% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wedgefield, 2.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 77.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wedgefield was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Wedgefield included Technicians and Trades Workers 28.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.5%, Labourers 17.8%, Managers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Professionals 7.5%, Sales Workers 2.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Wedgefield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 11.6%, Non-Residential Building Construction 9.7%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 9.4%, Building Installation Services 6.1% and Building Structure Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wedgefield was $1,715.

In Wedgefield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 30.4%, Walked only 21.4%, Car, as passenger 11.7%, Bus 10.2% and Truck 5.4%. On the day, 10.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wedgefield, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 9.3% provided care for children and 3.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.2% 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 Wedgefield, 14.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wedgefield, 29.0% were couple families with children, 62.3% were couple families without children and 4.3% were one parent families.

In Wedgefield 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wedgefield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $4,375 and those without children was $2,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Wedgefield, of couple families with children, 46.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wedgefield, 80.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wedgefield, 26.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 70.5% were other dwellings.

In Wedgefield, of occupied private dwellings 26.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wedgefield, 21.7% were owned outright, 17.8% were owned with a mortgage and 55.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wedgefield, of all households, 49.6% were family households, 39.5% were single person households and 10.9% were group households.

In Wedgefield, 8.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 35.1% 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 Wedgefield, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wedgefield, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 75.0%) were male and 4 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Wedgefield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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