Piara Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,593 people in Piara Waters of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Piara Waters was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in Piara Waters aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Piara Waters was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Piara Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% 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 Piara Waters was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Piara Waters 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 13.9% in secondary school and 26.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Piara Waters were English 25.5%, Australian 20.8%, Chinese 6.7%, Irish 5.8% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Piara Waters, 54.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, South Africa 4.8%, New Zealand 4.1%, Malaysia 3.9% and Singapore 2.6%.

In Piara Waters, 30.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Piara Waters were No Religion 23.6%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 17.5%, Christian, nfd 5.1% and Baptist 3.9%.

In Piara Waters 73.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.0%, Afrikaans 1.7%, Indonesian 1.5%, Cantonese 1.3% and Spanish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,628 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Piara Waters. Of these 72.0% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Piara Waters, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Piara Waters was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Piara Waters included Professionals 22.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Managers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6% and Labourers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Piara Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.1%, School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Metal Ore Mining 3.2% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Piara Waters was $1,015.

In Piara Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train, car as driver 2.8%, Train 2.3% and Train, bus 2.0%. On the day, 11.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Piara Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.9% 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 Piara Waters, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Piara Waters, 47.7% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

In Piara Waters 24.1% of single parents were male and 75.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Piara Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,483 and those without children was $2,443.

Employment status of couple families

In Piara Waters, of couple families with children, 37.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Piara Waters, 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Piara Waters, 97.9% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Piara Waters, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 0.7% had 2 bedrooms and 19.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Piara Waters, 6.9% were owned outright, 81.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Piara Waters, of all households, 87.3% were family households, 9.0% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Piara Waters, 3.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.8% 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 Piara Waters, 21.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Piara Waters, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 64.3%) were male and 5 (or 35.7%) 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 Piara Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Piara Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,329.