Wembley Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,881 people in Wembley Downs of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wembley Downs was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Wembley Downs aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wembley Downs was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Wembley Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wembley Downs was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Wembley Downs 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 31.3% in secondary school and 25.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wembley Downs were English 29.8%, Australian 26.9%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.7% and Italian 3.5%.

In Wembley Downs, 67.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, South Africa 3.6%, New Zealand 2.0%, Malaysia 1.2% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Wembley Downs, 45.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wembley Downs were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 23.1%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Wembley Downs 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Mandarin 0.9%, German 0.9%, Greek 0.9% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,969 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wembley Downs. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wembley Downs, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Wembley Downs included Professionals 37.0%, Managers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Wembley Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.9%, Hospitals 4.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5% and Tertiary Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wembley Downs was $761.

In Wembley Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bus 3.6%, Bicycle 2.1% and Walked only 1.3%. 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 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wembley Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% 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 Wembley Downs, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wembley Downs, 49.5% were couple families with children, 37.1% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Wembley Downs 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wembley Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,154 and those without children was $3,035.

Employment status of couple families

In Wembley Downs, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wembley Downs, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wembley Downs, 82.3% were separate houses, 14.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wembley Downs, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wembley Downs, 43.0% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wembley Downs, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Wembley Downs, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.7% 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 Wembley Downs, 30.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wembley Downs, there were 55 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 60.0%) were male and 22 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Wembley Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,281.

In Wembley Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $351 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.