West Pennant Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,967 people in West Pennant Hills of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in West Pennant Hills was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in West Pennant Hills aged 15 years and over, 62.2% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Pennant Hills was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In West Pennant Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Pennant Hills was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In West Pennant Hills 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 27.1% in secondary school and 29.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Pennant Hills were English 21.6%, Australian 20.5%, Chinese 12.2%, Irish 7.1% and Scottish 6.0%.

In West Pennant Hills, 61.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.8%, India 3.3% and Sri Lanka 2.1%.

In West Pennant Hills, 39.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Pennant Hills were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 19.0%, No Religion 17.7%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Hinduism 4.2%.

In West Pennant Hills 67.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 8.0%, Mandarin 4.1%, Korean 2.1%, Hindi 1.7% and Arabic 1.7%.

Employment

There were 8,798 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Pennant Hills. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Pennant Hills, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Pennant Hills was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in West Pennant Hills included Professionals 33.2%, Managers 19.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Labourers 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in West Pennant Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Pennant Hills was $744.

In West Pennant Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.2%, Bus 10.7%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Train 2.3% and Train, bus 1.3%. On the day, 17.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Pennant Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Pennant Hills, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Pennant Hills, 61.6% were couple families with children, 29.2% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In West Pennant Hills 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Pennant Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,255 and those without children was $2,699.

Employment status of couple families

In West Pennant Hills, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Pennant Hills, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Pennant Hills, 90.1% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Pennant Hills, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 21.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Pennant Hills, 44.0% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.5% were rented.

Household composition

In West Pennant Hills, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 11.5% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In West Pennant Hills, 10.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 33.8% 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 Pennant Hills, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Pennant Hills, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 47.6%) were male and 11 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Pennant Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $4,125.

In West Pennant Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.