Wildwood Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Wildwood (3429) is a suburb of Melbourne, North West, Victoria. It is about 31 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Wildwood is in the federal electorate of McEwen.

In the 2011 census the population of Wildwood was 546 and is comprised of approximately 49.1% females and 50.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wildwood is 35 years of age.

76.5% of people living in the suburb of Wildwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.4% Italy, 2.0% England, 2.0% India, 1.6% New Zealand, 1.3% Croatia, 1.3% Lebanon, 1.1% Cyprus, 1.1% Turkey, 0.9% Malaysia, 0.9% Spain, 0.9% Malta.

79.4% of people living in Wildwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.3% Italian, 1.8% Punjabi, 1.5% Arabic, 1.1% Croatian, 1.1% Turkish, 1.1% Maltese, 1.1% Greek, 0.5% Other.

The religious makeup of Wildwood is 36.9% Catholic, 17.9% No religion, 12.2% Anglican, 9.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.7% Uniting Church, 4.8% Islam, 3.1% Eastern Orthodox, 2.2% Other Religious Groups, 1.8% Baptist, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed.

64.2% of people are married, 27.2% have never married and 5.4% are divorced and 1.0% are separated. There are 8 widowed people living in Wildwood.

62.5% of the people living in Wildwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.4% are working on a part time basis. Wildwood has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Wildwood are 19.5% Professionals, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 14.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.3% Managers, 9.2% Community & personal service workers, 8.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.0% Sales workers, 6.8% Labourers, 3.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Wildwood work in are 15.3% Construction, 13.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 9.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.4% Manufacturing, 8.0% Health care and social assistance, 6.8% Education and training, 5.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.6% Retail trade, 4.4% Public administration and safety.

28.7% of homes are fully owned, and 62.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 6.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $719 per week and the median household income is $1978 per week.

The median rent in Wildwood is $100 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2134 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Wildwood postcode 3429