Armadale (East Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 40,942 people in Armadale (East Metropolitan) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Armadale (East Metropolitan) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Armadale (East Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 41.7% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Armadale (East Metropolitan) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Armadale (East Metropolitan) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan) 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Armadale (East Metropolitan) were English 32.4%, Australian 26.4%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 5.7% and Dutch 3.4%.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), 64.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.5%, New Zealand 3.9%, India 1.4%, Netherlands 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), 43.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Armadale (East Metropolitan) were No Religion 28.7%, Anglican 19.2%, Catholic 17.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan) 83.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Tagalog 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 19,322 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Armadale (East Metropolitan). Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Armadale (East Metropolitan), 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Armadale (East Metropolitan) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Armadale (East Metropolitan) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Labourers 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Professionals 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.8% and Managers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Armadale (East Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Armadale (East Metropolitan) was $557.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train 4.0%, Walked only 1.7% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% 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 Armadale (East Metropolitan), 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Armadale (East Metropolitan), 40.4% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 23.0% were one parent families.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan) 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,099 and those without children was $1,933.

Employment status of couple families

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armadale (East Metropolitan), 84.0% were separate houses, 8.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armadale (East Metropolitan), 24.3% were owned outright, 42.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), of all households, 71.3% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Armadale (East Metropolitan), 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), there were 1,585 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 799 (or 50.4%) were male and 786 (or 49.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Armadale (East Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $957.

In Armadale (East Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.