Weston Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 22,746 people in Weston Creek of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Weston Creek was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Weston Creek aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Weston Creek was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Weston Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Weston Creek was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Weston Creek 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 26.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Weston Creek were Australian 28.6%, English 25.5%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.4%.

In Weston Creek, 75.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, India 0.9%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Weston Creek, 57.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Weston Creek were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 27.4%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Weston Creek 85.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Mandarin 0.9%, German 0.7%, Croatian 0.7% and Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 12,077 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Weston Creek. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Weston Creek, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Weston Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Weston Creek included Professionals 31.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.6%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Labourers 4.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Weston Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 22.3%, School Education 4.4%, Defence 4.0%, Tertiary Education 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Weston Creek was $910.

In Weston Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Bus 4.1%, Bicycle 2.2% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Weston Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Weston Creek, 32.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Weston Creek, 45.5% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Weston Creek 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Weston Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,160 and those without children was $2,868.

Employment status of couple families

In Weston Creek, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Weston Creek, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weston Creek, 83.2% were separate houses, 13.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Weston Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weston Creek, 38.1% were owned outright, 37.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Weston Creek, of all households, 72.5% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Weston Creek, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Weston Creek, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Weston Creek, there were 282 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 144 (or 51.1%) were male and 138 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 21 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Weston Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Weston Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.