Fairfield West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,759 people in Fairfield West of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairfield West was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Fairfield West aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairfield West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Fairfield West, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fairfield West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Fairfield West 33.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 19.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairfield West were Vietnamese 14.5%, Australian 11.0%, English 9.2%, Chinese 7.7% and Assyrian 6.8%.

In Fairfield West, 44.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 12.7%, Iraq 10.6%, Cambodia 3.5%, Italy 1.6% and Chile 1.5%.

In Fairfield West, 15.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 78.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairfield West were Catholic 37.0%, Buddhism 18.1%, No Religion 8.3%, Anglican 7.1% and Eastern Orthodox 5.7%.

In Fairfield West 29.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 18.8%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 7.6%, Arabic 7.4%, Spanish 5.3% and Khmer 3.6%.

Employment

There were 4,287 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairfield West. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairfield West, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Fairfield West included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Labourers 15.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.2%, Professionals 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8% and Managers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Fairfield West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.4% and School Education 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairfield West was $369.

In Fairfield West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.7%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Train 5.3%, Train, bus 2.5% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 12.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairfield West, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.1% 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 Fairfield West, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairfield West, 52.2% were couple families with children, 25.2% were couple families without children and 20.8% were one parent families.

In Fairfield West 12.1% of single parents were male and 87.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairfield West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,021 and those without children was $1,651.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairfield West, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 10.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairfield West, 97.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairfield West, 94.9% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Fairfield West, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 3.7% had 2 bedrooms and 59.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairfield West, 38.0% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairfield West, of all households, 86.1% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Fairfield West, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Fairfield West, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairfield West, there were 76 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 46.1%) were male and 41 (or 53.9%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Fairfield West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Fairfield West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $335 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,734.