Ascot (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,268 people in Ascot (WA) of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Ascot (WA) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Ascot (WA) aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ascot (WA) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Ascot (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ascot (WA) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Ascot (WA) 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 25.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ascot (WA) were English 28.2%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 6.4% and Chinese 4.9%.

In Ascot (WA), 60.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.6%, New Zealand 3.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%, South Africa 1.6% and Vietnam 1.5%.

In Ascot (WA), 41.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ascot (WA) were Catholic 29.0%, No Religion 22.5%, Anglican 18.5%, Buddhism 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Ascot (WA) 78.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 2.0%, Mandarin 2.0%, Cantonese 1.1%, Italian 1.0% and Indonesian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,343 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ascot (WA). Of these 65.7% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Ascot (WA), 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ascot (WA) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Ascot (WA) included Professionals 20.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Managers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Sales Workers 7.5%, Labourers 7.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Ascot (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Horse and Dog Racing Activities 4.0%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%, School Education 3.0% and State Government Administration 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ascot (WA) was $870.

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In Ascot (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 5.1%, Walked only 2.9% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 8.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ascot (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Ascot (WA), 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ascot (WA), 37.9% were couple families with children, 48.4% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Ascot (WA) 34.3% of single parents were male and 65.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ascot (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,824 and those without children was $2,512.

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Employment status of couple families

In Ascot (WA), of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ascot (WA), 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ascot (WA), 84.6% were separate houses, 5.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Ascot (WA), of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ascot (WA), 34.7% were owned outright, 36.0% were owned with a mortgage and 27.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ascot (WA), of all households, 73.3% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Ascot (WA), 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Ascot (WA), 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ascot (WA), there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 55.6%) were male and 8 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 45 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 Ascot (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $979.

In Ascot (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $430 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,071.