Wimbledon Heights (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 389 people in Wimbledon Heights (L) of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wimbledon Heights (L) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Wimbledon Heights (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.0% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wimbledon Heights (L) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Wimbledon Heights (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wimbledon Heights (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Wimbledon Heights (L) 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wimbledon Heights (L) were English 34.1%, Australian 32.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.9% and Dutch 2.2%.

In Wimbledon Heights (L), 86.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, Philippines 1.0%, Malaysia 0.8% and Malta 0.8%.

In Wimbledon Heights (L), 70.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wimbledon Heights (L) were No Religion 44.0%, Catholic 21.0%, Anglican 14.5%, Buddhism 2.1% and Christian, nfd 2.1%.

In Wimbledon Heights (L) 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.0%, Dutch 0.8%, Spanish 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and Cantonese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wimbledon Heights (L). Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wimbledon Heights (L), 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wimbledon Heights (L) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Wimbledon Heights (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.1%, Labourers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Professionals 11.2%, Managers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Wimbledon Heights (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.4%, Accommodation 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, Building Completion Services 5.9% and School Education 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wimbledon Heights (L) was $489.

In Wimbledon Heights (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.0%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Bicycle 1.6%, Taxi, car as driver 1.6% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wimbledon Heights (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Wimbledon Heights (L), 33.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wimbledon Heights (L), 50.0% were couple families with children, 26.5% were couple families without children and 23.5% were one parent families.

In Wimbledon Heights (L) 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wimbledon Heights (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Wimbledon Heights (L), of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 28.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wimbledon Heights (L), 50.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 49.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wimbledon Heights (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wimbledon Heights (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 63.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wimbledon Heights (L), 27.1% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Wimbledon Heights (L), of all households, 66.4% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Wimbledon Heights (L), 28.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Wimbledon Heights (L), 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wimbledon Heights (L), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Wimbledon Heights (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Wimbledon Heights (L), 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.