Perth (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,237 people in Perth (WA) of these 56.6% were male and 43.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Perth (WA) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.7% of the population.

Of people in Perth (WA) aged 15 years and over, 28.9% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Perth (WA) was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Perth (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 28.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Perth (WA) was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Perth (WA) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 5.9% were in primary school, 4.0% in secondary school and 35.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Perth (WA) were English 20.6%, Australian 11.8%, Irish 8.7%, Chinese 7.1% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Perth (WA), 36.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, Ireland 3.4%, New Zealand 3.3%, Malaysia 2.4% and India 2.3%.

In Perth (WA), 24.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Perth (WA) were No Religion 30.3%, Catholic 21.2%, Anglican 7.4%, Buddhism 5.4% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Perth (WA) 56.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.8%, Cantonese 2.5%, Italian 2.1%, Vietnamese 1.9% and Indonesian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 5,753 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Perth (WA). Of these 70.3% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Perth (WA), 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Perth (WA) was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Perth (WA) included Professionals 36.4%, Managers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers 6.7%, Sales Workers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Perth (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.5% and Metal Ore Mining 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Perth (WA) was $948.

In Perth (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 32.9%, Walked only 27.7%, Bus 10.5%, Train 4.2% and Car, as passenger 4.0%. On the day, 17.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 37.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Perth (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.2% provided care for children and 4.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Perth (WA), 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Perth (WA), 20.1% were couple families with children, 68.1% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Perth (WA) 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Perth (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,764 and those without children was $2,645.

Employment status of couple families

In Perth (WA), of couple families with children, 37.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 13.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Perth (WA), 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Perth (WA), 13.6% were separate houses, 17.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 68.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Perth (WA), of occupied private dwellings 24.8% had 1 bedroom, 48.7% had 2 bedrooms and 19.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Perth (WA), 13.2% were owned outright, 24.0% were owned with a mortgage and 60.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Perth (WA), of all households, 46.3% were family households, 40.6% were single person households and 13.2% were group households.

In Perth (WA), 16.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.4% 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 Perth (WA), 50.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Perth (WA), there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 55.2%) were male and 30 (or 44.8%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Perth (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Perth (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.