Concord West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,850 people in Concord West of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Concord West was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Concord West aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Concord West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Concord West, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Concord West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Concord West 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 25.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Concord West were Australian 18.4%, English 14.7%, Italian 13.7%, Irish 8.0% and Chinese 6.6%.

In Concord West, 63.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.1%, England 2.1% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Concord West, 37.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Concord West were Catholic 45.0%, No Religion 13.5%, Anglican 10.4%, Eastern Orthodox 6.2% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Concord West 62.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.7%, Greek 3.3%, Cantonese 3.3%, Mandarin 3.0% and Korean 2.7%.

Employment

There were 2,928 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Concord West. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Concord West, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Concord West was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Concord West included Professionals 29.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Managers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Concord West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Hospitals 4.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Concord West was $654.

In Concord West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.2%, Train 17.1%, Walked only 4.0%, Car, as passenger 3.8% and Train, bus 1.7%. On the day, 22.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Concord West, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Concord West, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Concord West, 57.3% were couple families with children, 29.1% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Concord West 12.2% of single parents were male and 87.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Concord West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,888 and those without children was $2,318.

Employment status of couple families

In Concord West, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Concord West, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Concord West, 83.0% were separate houses, 7.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Concord West, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 20.1% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Concord West, 43.9% were owned outright, 32.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Concord West, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Concord West, 18.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.3% 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 Concord West, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Concord West, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 47.2%) were male and 19 (or 52.8%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Concord West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Concord West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.