West Wodonga Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

West Wodonga (3690) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, North Eastern, Victoria. It is about 252 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. West Wodonga is in the federal electorate of Indi.

In the 2011 census the population of West Wodonga was 14,058 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of West Wodonga is 33 years of age.

87.9% of people living in the suburb of West Wodonga were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% England, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.7% Germany, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% India, 0.2% Croatia, 0.2% China , 0.2% Fiji, 0.2% Italy, 0.1% Wales, 0.1% Sri Lanka.

93.3% of people living in West Wodonga speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.5% Italian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Croatian, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% French, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious makeup of West Wodonga is 28.1% Catholic, 23.6% No religion, 19.9% Anglican, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.2% Uniting Church, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Lutheran, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal.

48.4% of people are married, 34.4% have never married and 9.7% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 444 widowed people living in West Wodonga.

60.0% of the people living in West Wodonga over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.4% are working on a part time basis. West Wodonga has an unemployment rate of 5.7%.

The main occupations of people living in West Wodonga are 16.0% Professionals, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 14.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Labourers, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 10.7% Sales workers, 10.0% Managers, 8.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from West Wodonga work in are 14.8% Manufacturing, 13.1% Retail trade, 12.7% Health care and social assistance, 11.5% Public administration and safety, 7.6% Construction, 7.1% Education and training, 6.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.7% Professional, scientific and technical services.

21.8% of homes are fully owned, and 38.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 37.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $588 per week and the median household income is $1147 per week.

The median rent in West Wodonga is $220 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1452 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for West Wodonga postcode 3690