Wonthaggi

12.8% of Wonthaggi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,329 family households lived in Wonthaggi; 27.1% were couple families and 22.1% were one-parent families.

27.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Wonthaggi had 5,215 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.5% of occupied private dwellings in Wonthaggi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

47.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

22.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Wonthaggi had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.2%, while 12.2% had four or more usual residents.

9.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.3% walked or cycled.

10.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 46.5% of the total.

42.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.5% reported a different address.

14.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

14.5% of Wonthaggi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Wonthaggi.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

17.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 17.4% arthritis and 8.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.9%.

Median household income was $852 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,198.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 9.9% in Wonthaggi, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 47.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 30.2% in Wonthaggi, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..