West Richmond

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 922 people in West Richmond of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in West Richmond was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in West Richmond aged 15 years and over, 38.3% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Richmond was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In West Richmond, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Richmond was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In West Richmond 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 11.3% in secondary school and 25.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Richmond were English 22.3%, Australian 21.5%, Greek 9.0%, Italian 5.7% and Chinese 5.0%.

In West Richmond, 64.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 4.2%, England 3.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.6%, India 2.5% and Italy 1.8%.

In West Richmond, 42.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Richmond were No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 24.0%, Eastern Orthodox 11.6%, Anglican 5.6% and Uniting Church 5.5%.

In West Richmond 66.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 8.7%, Mandarin 2.3%, Italian 2.1%, Vietnamese 1.5% and Arabic 1.4%.

Employment

There were 470 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Richmond. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Richmond, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Richmond was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in West Richmond included Professionals 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Labourers 12.2%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in West Richmond, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, Residential Building Construction 4.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.3%, State Government Administration 3.1% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Richmond was $514.

In West Richmond, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Bus 7.6%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bicycle 3.6% and Walked only 3.6%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Richmond, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% 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, 12.9% 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 Richmond, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Richmond, 36.3% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 24.5% were one parent families.

In West Richmond 28.8% of single parents were male and 71.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Richmond, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In West Richmond, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.8% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Richmond, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Richmond, 80.5% were separate houses, 13.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Richmond, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 31.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Richmond, 27.9% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 32.7% were rented.

Household composition

In West Richmond, of all households, 64.8% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In West Richmond, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Richmond, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Richmond, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 62.5%) were male and 6 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Richmond, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In West Richmond, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $182 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.