West Swan (East Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 38,002 people in West Swan (East Metropolitan) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in West Swan (East Metropolitan) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Of people in West Swan (East Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Swan (East Metropolitan) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% 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 West Swan (East Metropolitan) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan) 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Swan (East Metropolitan) were English 23.9%, Australian 23.1%, Italian 5.4%, Scottish 4.8% and Irish 4.3%.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), 61.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, Vietnam 3.2%, New Zealand 2.7%, India 2.1% and South Africa 1.8%.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), 35.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Swan (East Metropolitan) were Catholic 27.9%, No Religion 19.6%, Anglican 16.2%, Islam 5.4% and Buddhism 4.8%.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan) 71.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 4.8%, Arabic 2.0%, Italian 1.6%, Cantonese 1.2% and Macedonian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 20,299 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Swan (East Metropolitan). Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Swan (East Metropolitan), 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Swan (East Metropolitan) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in West Swan (East Metropolitan) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Professionals 12.9%, Labourers 10.9%, Managers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in West Swan (East Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Hospitals 2.8% and Building Installation Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Swan (East Metropolitan) was $652.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Bus 2.8%, Truck 1.2% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.4% 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 West Swan (East Metropolitan), 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Swan (East Metropolitan), 55.9% were couple families with children, 27.9% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan) 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,291 and those without children was $2,160.

Employment status of couple families

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Swan (East Metropolitan), 94.4% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 2.6% had 2 bedrooms and 24.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Swan (East Metropolitan), 24.3% were owned outright, 56.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), of all households, 84.6% were family households, 13.3% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 West Swan (East Metropolitan), 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Swan (East Metropolitan), there were 830 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 353 (or 42.5%) were male and 477 (or 57.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 West Swan (East Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,555.

In West Swan (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 $1,950.