Collingwood Park (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 428 people in Collingwood Park (WA) of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Collingwood Park (WA) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Collingwood Park (WA) aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Collingwood Park (WA) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Collingwood Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Collingwood Park (WA) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Collingwood Park (WA) 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Collingwood Park (WA) were English 33.4%, Australian 31.9%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 5.9% and German 2.7%.

In Collingwood Park (WA), 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, South Africa 3.3%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 1.6% and Italy 1.4%.

In Collingwood Park (WA), 55.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Collingwood Park (WA) were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 19.4%, Catholic 14.0%, Baptist 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Collingwood Park (WA) 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 2.3%, Italian 1.4% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 222 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Collingwood Park (WA). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Collingwood Park (WA), 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Collingwood Park (WA) was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Collingwood Park (WA) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Professionals 10.8%, Labourers 10.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Collingwood Park (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 5.9%, Building Completion Services 5.4%, Accommodation 4.9%, State Government Administration 4.9% and School Education 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Collingwood Park (WA) was $519.

In Collingwood Park (WA), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.5%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bus, other 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. 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 80.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Collingwood Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% 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, 21.4% 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 Collingwood Park (WA), 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Collingwood Park (WA), 40.0% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Collingwood Park (WA) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Collingwood Park (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Collingwood Park (WA), of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Collingwood Park (WA), 73.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Collingwood Park (WA), 94.0% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Collingwood Park (WA), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 2.0% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Collingwood Park (WA), 29.9% were owned outright, 39.5% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Collingwood Park (WA), of all households, 77.9% were family households, 18.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Collingwood Park (WA), 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Collingwood Park (WA), 27.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Collingwood Park (WA), there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 75.0%) were male and 5 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Collingwood Park (WA), 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 $0.

In Collingwood Park (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.