Wandana Heights Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Wandana Heights (3216) is a suburb of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria. It is about 71 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Wandana Heights is in the federal electorate of Corangamite.

In the 2011 census the population of Wandana Heights was 1,959 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wandana Heights is 40 years of age.

79.8% of people living in the suburb of Wandana Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 1.6% New Zealand, 1.1% South Africa, 0.9% Scotland, 0.7% Iran, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% India, 0.3% Singapore, 0.3% Sweden, 0.3% Austria.

89.4% of people living in Wandana Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Other, 0.6% Greek, 0.5% Persian, 0.5% Croatian, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.3% Other.

The religious makeup of Wandana Heights is 28.6% Catholic, 21.5% No religion, 15.2% Anglican, 9.2% Uniting Church, 6.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Baptist, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Eastern Orthodox, 2.0% Lutheran.

63.2% of people are married, 28.6% have never married and 4.7% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 24 widowed people living in Wandana Heights.

52.9% of the people living in Wandana Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 37.1% are working on a part time basis. Wandana Heights has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Wandana Heights are 27.3% Professionals, 16.9% Managers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Technicians & trades workers, 10.2% Sales workers, 9.6% Community & personal service workers, 5.8% Labourers, 2.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Wandana Heights work in are 14.7% Health care and social assistance, 13.4% Retail trade, 11.1% Manufacturing, 10.9% Education and training, 8.1% Construction, 7.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 3.4% Financial and insurance services.

41.5% of homes are fully owned, and 46.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $662 per week and the median household income is $2003 per week.

The median rent in Wandana Heights is $275 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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