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Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4
2 Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
3 Results .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Sex/Gender ........................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 Country of Birth .................................................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Language Spoken at Home ................................................................................................................. 11
3.4 English Proficiency .............................................................................................................................. 15
3.5 Ancestry .............................................................................................................................................. 17
3.6 Faith .................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.7 Recent Arrivals .................................................................................................................................... 20
3.8 Citizenship – Wyndham ...................................................................................................................... 24
3.9 Education Attainment and Qualifications .......................................................................................... 25
3.10 Employment ....................................................................................................................................... 27
3.11 Travel to Work .................................................................................................................................... 30
3.12 Motor Vehicle Ownership .................................................................................................................. 32
3.13 Bicycle Ownership .............................................................................................................................. 32
3.14 Health and Disability ........................................................................................................................... 33
3.15 Civic Participation ............................................................................................................................... 34
3.16 Hardship and Community Strength .................................................................................................... 35
3.17 Household Food Disposal and Water Collection ................................................................................ 36
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Charts
Chart 1: Sex/Gender – District Areas, 2015 .......................................................................................................... 8
Chart 2: Born Overseas – Suburbs and Wyndham, 2015 ..................................................................................... 9
Chart 3: Top Five Overseas Country of Birth – Wyndham, 2015 .......................................................................... 9
Chart 4: Population Born Overseas – District Areas, 2015 ................................................................................. 10
Chart 5: Top Overseas Countries of Birth – District Areas, 2015 ....................................................................... 10
Chart 6: Language Other than English Spoken at Home (LOTE) – Suburbs and Wyndham, 2015 ..................... 11
Chart 7: Top Five Languages Other than English Spoken at Home – Wyndham, 2015 ...................................... 12
Chart 8: Language Spoken at Home – District Areas, 2015 ................................................................................ 13
Chart 9: Top LOTE Spoken at Home – District Area, 2015 .................................................................................. 14
Chart 10: Spoken English Proficiency – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 .................................................................. 15
Chart 11: English Speaking and Writing Proficiency – Wyndham, 2015 ............................................................ 15
Chart 12: Spoken English Proficiency (not well or not at all) – District Areas, 2015 .......................................... 16
Chart 13: Written English Proficiency (not well or not at all) – District Areas, 2015 ......................................... 16
Chart 14: Ancestry – Wyndham, 2015 ................................................................................................................ 17
Chart 15: Ancestry – Wyndham, 2011 ................................................................................................................ 17
Chart 16: Faith Group Summary – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 .......................................................................... 18
Chart 17: Top Non-Christian Faiths – Wyndham 2015 ....................................................................................... 18
Chart 18: Faith Group Summary – District Areas, 2015 ..................................................................................... 19
Chart 19: Arrived in Australia Previous Five Years – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 ............................................... 20
Chart 20: Location of Person Five Years Ago – District Areas, 2015 .................................................................. 21
Chart 21: Location of Person One Year Ago – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 ......................................................... 22
Chart 22: Location of Person One Year Ago – District Areas, 2015 .................................................................... 23
Chart 23: Australian Citizenship – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 ........................................................................... 24
Chart 24: Australian Citizenship – District Areas, 2015 ...................................................................................... 24
Chart 25: Education Attainment and Higher Qualifications, Population Age 15+ – Wyndham, 2015 ............... 25
Chart 26: Level of Schooling Completed – District Areas, 2015 ......................................................................... 25
Chart 27: Population Over 15 Years with a Degree or Higher – District Areas, 2015 ........................................ 26
Chart 28: Employed, Population Over 15 Years – Wyndham 2011 and 2015 .................................................... 27
Chart 29: Employed, Population Over 15 Years – District Areas, 2015 .............................................................. 27
Chart 30: Top Five Employment Industries, Employed Persons – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 .......................... 28
Chart 31: Employment Industry of Employed Persons – District Areas, 2015 ................................................... 29
Chart 32: Travel to Work Mode of Transport, Employed Persons – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 ....................... 30
Chart 33: Travel to Work Mode, Employed Persons – District Areas, 2015 ....................................................... 30
Chart 34: Location of Workplace, Employed Persons – Wyndham, 2015 .......................................................... 31
Chart 35: Motor Vehicles per Household – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015 ............................................................ 32
Chart 36: Number of Bicycles per Household – Wyndham, 2015 ...................................................................... 32
Chart 37: Long Standing Illness, Health Problem or Disability – District Areas, 2015 ........................................ 33
Chart 38: Civic Participation, Population Over 15 Years – Wyndham, 2015 ..................................................... 34
Chart 39: Volunteered in the Last 12 Months, Population Over 15 Years – District Areas, 2015 ...................... 34
Chart 40: Ran Out of Food Last 12 Months, Population Over 15 Years – Wyndham, 2008, 2011 and 2015 ..... 35
Chart 41: Household Food Disposal and Water Collection – Wyndham, 2015 .................................................. 36
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1 Introduction
Wyndham Household Survey 2015
The Wyndham Household Survey (WHS) 2015 is a sample survey that collected socio-demographic
information on 847 households and 2,304 individuals in Wyndham. It was the first attempt to collect
updated demographic and behavioural information in Wyndham since the Census in 2011.
This report presents selected results of the WHS 2015, Census 2011 findings are provided as context where
appropriate.
District Areas
The WHS collected information from residents in the Wyndham Central, Wyndham East and Wyndham West
district areas, which are made up of the following suburbs:
Wyndham Central - Hoppers Crossing and Tarneit
Wyndham East - Point Cook, Truganina and Williams Landing
Wyndham West - Werribee and Wyndham Vale
Wyndham Rural was not covered by the survey as obtaining the desired sample size across a large geography
was not feasible for this survey.
The results have been analysed and presented by district area and/or Wyndham-wide depending on the
strength of the data available.
Sample Survey & Census
A sample survey provides generalised results whereby a selected group of the population is used to
represent the whole population. The results must be quoted with a confidence level (how sure the result is)
and a confidence interval (the margin of error on either side). The WHS aimed to meet research and industry
standards by achieving a 95% confidence level and a confidence interval of 5% or less. The Wyndham-wide
results have a 95% confidence level and 2% confidence interval. The results by district area have a 95%
confidence level and fall within a 5% confidence interval.
Census is a complete count of every person living in an area and their socio-demographic characteristics and
the numbers can be quoted as a count. It provides a true measure of the population and can provide detailed
information about small sub-groups within the population. Care should be taken when comparing the results
of the Census with the WHS 2015, as the results of the latter fall within a range and are generalised.
All results are reported for all ages of the population unless otherwise stated.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Wyndham
We would like to acknowledge the peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on
which Wyndham is being built, and the place where this research was conducted. We pay respect to their
Elders past and present.
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The WHS asked a question on ATSI identification; however the response-rate for this question was not
representative and the findings could not be included in this report.
2011 Census data shows that Wyndham City has the largest number of Aboriginal residents in the western
suburbs, representing the third highest population in metropolitan Melbourne. The percentage of the
Wyndham population who are Aboriginal increased from 0.6% in 2006 to 0.7% in 2011.
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2 Summary
Wyndham
The results of the WHS indicate a changing and diversifying community. Characteristics of the community
vary between the district areas, particularly in relation to country of birth, language spoken, education and
employment industry. These variations reflect the areas that have experienced the most housing
developments in recent years.
The WHS indicates that a greater proportion of the community are achieving higher educational attainment
and that the number of residents born overseas is increasing. In particular there has been a rise in residents
born in India, which remains the top overseas country of birth of residents living in Wyndham from the
Census 2011. Three of the top six language other than English (LOTE) spoken at home in Wyndham are from
India; Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati.
The WHS suggests a rise in non-Christian faiths (with an increase in the Muslim community) and residents
with no religion.
Most residents moving into Wyndham come from another municipality in Victoria.
The WHS indicates important changes in employment industries, with a rise in residents employed in health
care and social assistance and a decline in residents employed in manufacturing, which was the top industry
of employment in 2011. Manufacturing is now outside of the top five employment industries in 2015. Most
residents work outside of Wyndham in a municipality other than Melbourne City and travel to work by car as
the driver.
Civic participation is strong and event attendance, petition signing and volunteering are the most popular
methods to participate in community life.
Wyndham Central
There are high levels of cultural and linguistic diversity in Wyndham Central. The top three languages spoken
at home are Punjabi, Filipino/Tagalog and Hindi. There is a higher prevalence of small religious groups in
Wyndham Central compared to other district areas.
Around a quarter of the population lived outside of the municipality five years ago.
Year 12 schooling completion is higher for Wyndham Central residents than the overall Wyndham
population. Health care and social assistance, and retail trade are the largest employment industries for
residents in this district.
Wyndham East
Residents in Wyndham East have by far the highest levels of educational attainment in the municipality, in
particular the proportion of residents with a degree or higher. The proportion of residents employed is the
highest in municipality and the district area has the most work connections to Melbourne City.
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Over half of the residents are born overseas and they are the newest residents in Wyndham. Wyndham East
has the largest Indian and Chinese communities. Nearly half of all residents speak LOTE at home; Hindi and
Mandarin are the largest LOTE groups.
Around half of all Wyndham East residents lived outside of Wyndham, either in Australia or overseas, five
years ago.
Fewer people have a long term illness or disability in Wyndham East than in other district areas.
Wyndham West
Wyndham West is the most settled and established of all the district areas in the survey. Wyndham West has
the largest proportion of residents born in Australia and speaking English at home compared to other district
areas. It still has a sizeable proportion of its population born overseas from non-English speaking countries.
The top LOTE spoken at home is Italian and generally European LOTEs are more prevalent in Wyndham West
compared to other district areas. The presence of the Indian community is not as strong in Wyndham West
as compared to the rest of the municipality.
Resident mobility is lowest in Wyndham West but nearly 20% of its residents lived outside the municipality
five years ago. The employment profile of Wyndham residents differs to that of other district areas with a
larger proportion of residents working in the education and training, and public administration and safety
industries. A larger proportion of Wyndham West residents are employed in Wyndham compared to the
other district areas. Wyndham West residents have the highest prevalence of long term illness and disability
in the municipality.
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3 Results
3.1 Sex/Gender
The Census asks a binary question on sex whilst the household provided a third option of other.
Table 1: Sex/Gender – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
Response Census 2011 WHS 2015
Male 49.9% 49.4%
Female 50.1% 50.2%
Other - 0.2%
Not stated / no answer
- 0.2%
The WHS reports that there are more females than males in Wyndham. In total there were five survey
responses for other (0.2%) and six responses for no answer.
Chart 1: Sex/Gender – District Areas, 2015
49% 50%
47%
52% 52%
48%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
55%
Female Male
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.2 Country of Birth
Chart 2: Born Overseas Suburbs and Wyndham, 2015
The proportion of the Wyndham population that were born overseas is 40%; the Census reported this to be
34% in 2011.
Chart 3: Top Five Overseas Country of Birth Wyndham, 2015
The WHS reports that India is the top country of origin for people born overseas. India was also the top
overseas country of birth recorded in the Census 2011 with 5% of the total population born there.
40%
34%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
WHS 2015 Census 2011
10%
3% 3% 3%
3%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
India New Zealand England Phillipines China (excludes SARS& Taiwan)
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Chart 4: Population Born Overseas – District Areas, 2015
The WHS indicates that over half of Wyndham East’s population was born overseas and this is the highest in Wyndham. Wyndham West has the lowest proportion of its residents born overseas in 2015 (29%).
Chart 5: Top Overseas Countries of Birth – District Areas, 2015
There is variation across the district areas in terms of Wyndham’s top overseas countries of birth. While
Wyndham East has the largest proportion of residents that were born in India, Wyndham West has the
smallest by quite a margin. Wyndham East also has the largest proportion of its population born in China
compared to other district areas.
53%
45% 46%
53%
68%
29%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Australia Born Overseas
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
13%
4% 4%
2% 2%
14%
4% 4% 3%
4%
3% 3% 2%
3%
1%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
India New Zealand Philippines England China
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.3 Language Spoken at Home
Chart 6: Language Other than English Spoken at Home (LOTE) Suburbs and Wyndham, 2015
The WHS reports that 35% of the population speak a LOTE at home in 2015; in the 2011 Census this was
reported to be 30%.
35%
30%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Wyndham Census 2011
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Chart 7: Top Five Languages Other than English Spoken at Home Wyndham, 2015
The WHS reports that Hindi was the largest LOTE in Wyndham in 2015, followed by Mandarin.
The 2011 Census reported that Filipino/Tagalog was largest LOTE (2%); the WHS reports that this is now the
third largest LOTE in 2015.
Gujarati was very low on the list of languages spoken in Wyndham in 2011, and it is now in the top 6
languages spoken (not on chart). Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati are all Indian languages and when they are
grouped together the population speaking Indian languages forms a large proportion.
4%
3%
2% 2%
2%
0%
1%
1%
2%
2%
3%
3%
4%
4%
Hindi Mandarin Punjabi Filipino/Tagalog Italian
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Chart 8: Language Spoken at Home District Areas, 2015
Nearly half of Wyndham East’s population speak a LOTE at home, which is more than double the proportion
of LOTE at home population of Wyndham West.
58%
39%
49% 49%
73%
22%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
English Only LOTE
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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Chart 9: Top LOTE Spoken at Home – District Area, 2015
In terms of the LOTE spoken at home, there are variations across the district areas. Wyndham East has the
largest proportion its population speaking Hindi (7%) and Mandarin (5%) at home. In Wyndham Central
there is a more even spread of LOTEs spoken at home, with Hindi, Mandarin, Filipino/Tagalog and Punjabi all
around 3%. In Wyndham West, Italian is the largest LOTE spoken at home (3%) and Asian language groups
are recorded as lower compared to other district areas.
3%
3%
3% 3%
2%
7%
5%
2% 3%
0%
1%
2%
2%
1%
3%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
Hindi Mandarin Filipino/Tagalog Punjabi Italian
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.4 English Proficiency
Information on spoken English proficiency is collected in the Census. Written English proficiency is new data
collected in the WHS 2015.
Chart 10: Spoken English Proficiency - Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The proficiency of the population that speaks English not well or not at all is reported to be 5% in the WHS .
Chart 11: English Speaking and Writing Proficiency - Wyndham, 2015
The WHS reports that there is a larger proportion of the population that is unable to write English well or not
at all, than speak English not well or not all.
4%
5%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
Census 2011 WHS 2015
10%
5%
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0%
Written English Proficiency: Not well or not at all
Spoken English Proficiency: Not well or not at all
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Chart 12: Spoken English Proficiency (not well or not at all) – District Areas, 2015
English proficiency is lowest in Wyndham East, which is likely to be connected to the higher levels of the
population born overseas and LOTE spoken at home in this district.
Chart 13: Written English Proficiency (not well or not at all) – District Areas, 2015
Written English proficiency is lower than spoken English proficiency for all district areas. Wyndham East has
the lowest proportion of resident unable to write English well or not at all across the district areas in the
survey.
5%
6%
4%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
9%
12%
9%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.5 Ancestry
Chart 14: Ancestry Wyndham, 2015
Chart 15: Ancestry Wyndham, 2011
In the Census 2011 and the WHS 2015, Australian is the largest ancestry group. English is still the second
largest ancestry group however in 2011 it was 23% and the WHS 2015 reports the proportion to be 15%.
In 2011 the Census recorded 6% population have Indian ancestry; in 2015 the WHS is reporting that this
figure is 13%.
25%
15%
13% 5%
5%
5%
4% 2%
1% 1%
17%
7% Australian English
Indian Chinese
Irish Italian
Filipino Sinhalese
Maltese Scottish
Other Not stated
24%
23%
6% 6%
6%
6%
4%
3%
3%
3%
9%
7%
Australian English
Irish Italian
Indian Scottish
Chinese Maltese
Filipino German
Other Not stated
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3.6 Faith
Chart 16: Faith Group Summary – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The proportion of the population reporting to practice a Christian faith is 42% in the WHS 2015; this was 58%
in the Census 2011. In 2011 14% of the population practiced a non-Christian faith and this was recorded as
24% in the WHS 2015. One quarter of the Wyndham population were reporting to have no religion in the
WHS 2015.
Chart 17: Top Non-Christian Faiths Wyndham 2015
58%
14%
19%
8%
42%
24% 25%
11%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Christian Non-Christian No Religion Not stated
Census 2011 WHS 2015
5%
4%
3%
1%
7%
4%
3%
2%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
Islam Hinduism Buddhism Sikism
Cenus 2011 WHS 2015
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The top non-Christian faiths reported in the WHS 2015 were Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikism. Islam is
the top non-Christian faith in Wyndham (7%), as it was in 2011 (5%).
Chart 18: Faith Group Summary – District Areas, 2015
Wyndham West has the largest proportion of its residents practising a Christian faith and that have no
religion across the surveyed district areas. Wyndham Central has a large proportion of other religions and
lower proportions of the main religions, which suggests its faith profile is more evenly spread compared to
other district areas. Wyndham East has the largest concentrations of residents practising Hinduism and Islam
in Wyndham.
27.%
9% 8%
5%
23%
21%
7%
26%
6%
14%
6%
17%
24%
5%
29%
11%
3% 1%
19%
27%
8%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
Catholic Anglican(Church ofEngland)
Hinduism Islam Other No religion Not stated
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.7 Recent Arrivals
Chart 19: Arrived in Australia Previous Five Years Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The WHS 2015 reports that 7% of the Wyndham population arrived in Australia in the five years previous to
2015; in 2011 the Census reported that 10% of Wyndham residents had arrived in Australia the five years
prior to 2011. It should be noted that the total population is larger in 2015 than 2011 so the change in
percentage will be affected by the increased population size.
10%
7%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
Census 2011 WHS 2015
% Total Pop Arrived In Aus Last Five Years
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Chart 20: Location of Person Five Years Ago – District Areas, 2015
Just one quarter (26%) of Wyndham East residents were living at the same address five years ago and this is
significantly lower than Wyndham Central and Wyndham West, where 56% and 60% of residents were living
at the same address five years ago. The majority of Wyndham East residents (36%) were living in another
municipality in Victoria in 2010, which is more than double that of Wyndham Central (14%) and Wyndham
West (11%). Wyndham East also has the highest proportion of residents that were living overseas in 2010
(9%).
Chart 3 shows that over half of Wyndham East’s residents are born overseas; this and the data from Chart 22
indicates that there is a large proportion of Wyndham East residents that are born overseas and live in
another area in Victoria first before moving to Wyndham.
56%
14% 14%
5% 5%
26%
13%
36%
5%
9%
60%
15%
11%
3% 5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Same as currentaddress
Other suburb inWyndham
Other localgovernment area in
Victoria
Other state inAustralia
Outside of Australia
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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Chart 21: Location of Person One Year Ago – Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The WHS 2015 indicates a smaller proportion of residents have moved into the municipality in the last year
than in 2011. Not applicable and not stated include people under the age of one year old.
75%
16%
2%
7%
84%
13%
1% 2%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Same as current address Elsewhere in Australia Outside of Australia Not stated/not applicable
Census 2011 WHS 2015
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Chart 22: Location of Person One Year Ago – District Areas, 2015
Most people who have moved to Wyndham in the past year have arrived from another municipality in
Victoria. Only a small proportion have arrived from overseas and moved directly into Wyndham in the past
year.
Wyndham East has the largest proportion of residents that moved into that area from outside of the
municipality.
Wyndham West has the largest proportion of residents that remained at the same address in the last year.
85%
7% 4%
1% 1%
81%
6% 7% 2% 2%
87%
5% 4% 2% 0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Same as currentaddress
Other suburb inWyndham
Other localgovernment area in
Victoria
Other state inAustralia
Outside of Australia
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.8 Citizenship – Wyndham
Chart 23: Australian Citizenship Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The proportion of the population that are Australian citizens is reported to be 81% in the WHS 2015; in 2011
this figure was 79%.
Chart 24: Australian Citizenship – District Areas, 2015
Australian Citizenship varies across the district areas and is highest in Wyndham West (89%) and lowest in
Wyndham East (74%).
79%
81%
50.0%
55.0%
60.0%
65.0%
70.0%
75.0%
80.0%
85.0%
Census 2011 WHS 2015
81%
74%
89%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.9 Education Attainment and Qualifications
Chart 25: Education Attainment and Higher Qualifications, Population Age 15+, Wyndham, 2015
The WHS 2015 reports that 27% of the population over 15 years has a degree or higher qualification. Both
results are higher than what was recorded in the Census 2011.
Chart 26: Level of Schooling Completed – District Areas, 2015
Wyndham East has by far the largest proportion of residents that have completed year 12 or above (78%). Over one quarter of Wyndham West residents have Year 10 schooling has their highest level of educational attainment.
50%
19%
61%
27%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Year 12 or Equivalent Degree or Higher
Census 2011 WHS 2015
59%
21%
78%
9%
52%
27%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Year 12 or equivalent Year 10 or below
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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Chart 27: Population Over 15 Years with a Degree or Higher – District Areas, 2015
Wyndham East has a significantly higher proportion of residents (40%) over 15 years old that have obtained a
degree or higher than the other districts. More than double the proportion of residents in Wyndham East
hold this level of attainment compared to Wyndham West, which has the lowest proportion at 16%.
23%
40%
16%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.10 Employment
Chart 28: Employed, Population Over 15 Years – Wyndham 2011 and 2015
The proportion of the person aged over 15 years employed, either full time or part time, was 63% in the WHS
2015. There was a very similar proportion reported in the Census 2011. The population size in 2015 is larger
than 2011 population therefore the WHS 2015 indicates there are more employed people living in
Wyndham.
Chart 29: Employed, Population Over 15 Years –District Areas, 2015
The proportion of employed people aged over 15 years varies across the district areas. The proportion of
people aged over 15 years who are employed is highest in Wyndham East (72%) and lowest in Wyndham
West (57%).
63% 63%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Census 2011 WHS 2015
63%
72%
57%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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Chart 30: Top Five Employment Industries, Employed Persons, Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The WHS 2015 reports health care and social assistance is the top employment industry, with 12.6% of
employed residents working in this sector. Manufacturing was the top industry for Wyndham residents in
2011 and the WHS reports this to be the seventh largest employment industry in 2015.
9.3%
10.6%
9.0%
6.2% 5.8%
5.0%
11.8%
12.6%
9.4%
7.3%
6.1% 6.0% 6.0% 5.8%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
1. Health Careand SocialAssistance
2. Retail Trade 3.Transport,Postal and
Warehousing
4.PublicAdministration
and Safety
5. Education andTraining
5. Financial &InsuranceServices
7. Manufacturing
Census 2011 WHS 2015
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Chart 31: Employment Industry of Employed Persons District Areas, 2015
Health care and social assistance is the top employment industry for all district areas in 2015, with Wyndham
Central having the largest proportion employed residents across the district areas. There is variation across
the district areas in the industries residents are employed in. Wyndham Central also has a large proportion
of its residents employed in the retail trade, especially compared to the other two district areas. In
Wyndham East, transport, postal and warehousing is the second largest employment industry (9%) followed
by financial and insurance services (8%) and retail trade (8%). Wyndham West’s second and third largest
industries are education and training (9%), and public administration and safety (8%).
The proportion of residents employed in manufacturing is 5% to 6% for all district areas in 2015.
14%
13%
6% 6% 6%
4%
6%
12%
8% 9%
4%
3%
8%
6%
12%
7% 7%
8%
9%
6%
5%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
Health Care andSocial
Assistance
Retail Trade Transport,Postal and
Warehousing
PublicAdministration
and Safety
Education andTraining
Financial andInsuranceServices
Manufacturing
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.11 Travel to Work
Chart 32: Travel to Work Mode of Transport, Employed Persons Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The WHS 2015 showed that 69% of employed people drive a car to work and 7% took the train to travel to work; the latter mode was 5% in the Census 2011.
Chart 33: Travel to Work Mode, Employed Persons – District Areas, 2015
66%
6% 5%
69%
4% 7%
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10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Car as driver Car as passenger Train
Census 2011 WHS 2015
75%
4% 6%
1%
5%
10%
70%
5% 9%
2% 5%
8%
74%
5% 7%
1% 2%
10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Car as driver Car as passenger Train Train, Bus Train, Car as driver Other mode oftransport
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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Wyndham Central has the largest proportion of employed residents travelling to work by car as driver in
2015 (75%). Wyndham East has the lowest proportion of employed residents travelling to work by (70%) but
it is still by far the most popular travel to work mode of transport. Train travel is highest in Wyndham East is
perhaps connected to the central nature of the train stations in the district area. Transport combinations are
low across the district areas.
Chart 34: Location of Workplace, Employed Persons – Wyndham, 2015
Wyndham East has the largest proportion of residents that work out with the area (72%). Around 23% work
in the city. Wyndham West has the largest proportion of employed people that work locally.
46%
15%
30%
49%
23%
20%
40%
13%
36%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Victoria (Other Than Melbourne City) Melbourne City Wyndham
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.12 Motor Vehicle Ownership
Chart 35: Motor Vehicles per Household Wyndham, 2011 and 2015
The WHS 2015 reports that only 3% of households in Wyndham do not own a motor vehicle; 63% of households own at least two motor vehicles (2, 3 or more).
3.13 Bicycle Ownership
Chart 36: Number of Bicycles per Household Wyndham, 2015
The WHS 2015 reports that 55% of households in Wyndham own at least one bicycle.
5%
32%
41%
16%
3%
30%
46%
17%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
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50%
None 1 motor vehicle 2 motor vehicle 3 or more motor vehicle
Census 2011 WHS 2015
38%
16%
18%
20%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
None 1 bicycle 2 bicycle 3 or more bicycles
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3.14 Health and Disability
Chart 37: Long Standing Illness, Health Problem or Disability – District Areas, 2015
Wyndham West has the largest proportion of residents (9%) with an illness, health problem or a disability,
whilst Wyndham East has the lowest (3%).
8%
3%
9%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.15 Civic Participation
Chart 38: Civic Participation, Population Over 15 Years Wyndham, 2015
The WHS 2015 reports that event attendance was the most used method community participation. In 2011,
the Census report that the proportion of adults that had volunteered in the previous 12 months was 12 %.
Chart 39: Volunteered in the Last 12 Months, Population Over 15 Years District Areas, 2015
There is very little variation in the proportion of residents over 15 years old that have volunteered in the last
12 months across the district areas.
14%
43%
10%
27%
18%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Committeemembership
Event attendance(past 12 Months)
Contacted a localpolitician
(past 12 months)
Peitition signing(past 12 months)
Volunteering(past 12 months)
17%
18% 17%
10%
11%
12%
13%
14%
15%
16%
17%
18%
19%
Wyndham Central Wyndham East Wyndham West
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3.16 Hardship & Community Strength
Chart 40: Ran Out of Food Last 12 Months, Population Over 15 Years Wyndham, 2008, 2011 and 2015
The proportion of people who ran out of food in the last 12 months and could not afford to buy more was
reported to be 7% in the WHS 2015; the Victorian Population Health Survey (VPHS) reported this to be 6% in
2008 and 6% in 2011.
The ability of a person to raise money from family friends is an indicator of community strength and the WHS
2015 reports that 56% of the population aged over 15 years could raise $2000 within two days in an
emergency.
6%
6%
7%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
5.00%
6.00%
7.00%
8.00%
VPHS 2008 VPHS 2011 WHS 2015
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3.17 Household Food Disposal and Water Collection
Chart 41: Household Food Disposal and Water Collection Wyndham, 2015
The proportion of households disposing of their own food waste, as opposed Council disposing of the waste,
was reported to be 29% in the WHS 2015.
The proportion of households collecting water from a washing machine, showers or sinks to save water was
reported to be 19% in the WHS 2015.
29%
19%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Houshold Food Disposal Water Collection