Woodend

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,415 people in Woodend of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Woodend was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Woodend aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woodend was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Woodend, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woodend was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Woodend 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woodend were English 29.0%, Australian 26.8%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 9.1% and German 3.1%.

In Woodend, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Woodend, 63.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woodend were No Religion 32.3%, Catholic 27.4%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Woodend 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Italian 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, French 0.3% and Irish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,648 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woodend. Of these 51.2% were employed full time, 37.9% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woodend, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woodend was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Woodend included Professionals 25.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Managers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Woodend, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Hospitals 3.3% and Local Government Administration 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woodend was $577.

In Woodend, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Train 7.9%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 2.5% and Train, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 11.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woodend, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Woodend, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woodend, 46.4% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Woodend 9.6% of single parents were male and 90.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woodend, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,261 and those without children was $2,009.

Employment status of couple families

In Woodend, of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.6% had both employed part-time and 25.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woodend, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woodend, 96.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Woodend, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% 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 Woodend, 34.6% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Woodend, of all households, 71.3% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Woodend, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 Woodend, 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woodend, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 47.8%) were male and 12 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Woodend, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,983.

In Woodend, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,333.