Centennial Park (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 567 people in Centennial Park (WA) of these 44.4% were male and 55.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Centennial Park (WA) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.8% of the population.

Of people in Centennial Park (WA) aged 15 years and over, 31.4% were married and 18.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Centennial Park (WA) was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Centennial Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 31.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Centennial Park (WA) was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Centennial Park (WA) 21.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 13.1% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Centennial Park (WA) were English 37.1%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 7.1%, Filipino 4.9% and Irish 3.3%.

In Centennial Park (WA), 68.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.3%, Philippines 4.7%, Germany 1.9%, Scotland 1.6% and Netherlands 1.4%.

In Centennial Park (WA), 47.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Centennial Park (WA) were No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 17.2%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8%.

In Centennial Park (WA) 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 3.3%, Vietnamese 1.6%, Dutch 1.1%, Filipino 1.1% and Polish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 231 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Centennial Park (WA). Of these 48.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Centennial Park (WA), 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Centennial Park (WA) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Centennial Park (WA) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Labourers 17.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 13.4%, Professionals 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Managers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Centennial Park (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 9.3%, Accommodation 5.1%, Building Completion Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Centennial Park (WA) was $395.

In Centennial Park (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 7.9%, Walked only 6.5%, Taxi 2.8% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Centennial Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.5% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Centennial Park (WA), 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Centennial Park (WA), 22.4% were couple families with children, 54.5% were couple families without children and 23.1% were one parent families.

In Centennial Park (WA) 11.8% of single parents were male and 88.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Centennial Park (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Centennial Park (WA), of couple families with children, 8.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Centennial Park (WA), 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Centennial Park (WA), 67.3% were separate houses, 10.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Centennial Park (WA), of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 42.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Centennial Park (WA), 39.6% were owned outright, 11.6% were owned with a mortgage and 44.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Centennial Park (WA), of all households, 42.7% were family households, 54.0% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Centennial Park (WA), 50.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Centennial Park (WA), 60.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Centennial Park (WA), there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 47.4%) were male and 10 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Centennial Park (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Centennial Park (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $96 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.