Wonga Beach (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 746 people in Wonga Beach (L) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Wonga Beach (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Wonga Beach (L) aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wonga Beach (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Wonga Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wonga Beach (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Wonga Beach (L) 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.2% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wonga Beach (L) were Australian 30.0%, English 25.3%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 7.9% and German 4.6%.

In Wonga Beach (L), 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 3.1%, Germany 1.5%, United States of America 0.9% and Italy 0.8%.

In Wonga Beach (L), 69.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wonga Beach (L) were No Religion 26.1%, Anglican 18.8%, Catholic 18.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.0%.

In Wonga Beach (L) 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.3%, Dutch 0.4%, French 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 313 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wonga Beach (L). Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wonga Beach (L), 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wonga Beach (L) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Wonga Beach (L) included Community and Personal Service Workers 17.1%, Labourers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Professionals 10.1% and Managers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Wonga Beach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.4%, Local Government Administration 5.7%, School Education 5.4% and Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wonga Beach (L) was $508.

In Wonga Beach (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.8%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Truck 2.3%, Walked only 1.3% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wonga Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Wonga Beach (L), 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wonga Beach (L), 39.3% were couple families with children, 46.1% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Wonga Beach (L) 12.0% of single parents were male and 88.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wonga Beach (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,361.

Employment status of couple families

In Wonga Beach (L), of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wonga Beach (L), 77.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wonga Beach (L), 91.0% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In Wonga Beach (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 17.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wonga Beach (L), 33.1% were owned outright, 28.7% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Wonga Beach (L), of all households, 72.3% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Wonga Beach (L), 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Wonga Beach (L), 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wonga Beach (L), there were 75 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 48.0%) were male and 39 (or 52.0%) 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 Wonga Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,069.

In Wonga Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,286.