Queens Park (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,380 people in Queens Park (WA) of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Queens Park (WA) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Queens Park (WA) aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Queens Park (WA) was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Queens Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Queens Park (WA) was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Queens Park (WA) 34.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.7% were in primary school, 13.2% in secondary school and 32.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Queens Park (WA) were English 17.8%, Australian 15.3%, Chinese 8.5%, Indian 5.8% and Filipino 3.8%.

In Queens Park (WA), 41.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 6.7%, Philippines 4.4%, England 4.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.9% and New Zealand 3.8%.

In Queens Park (WA), 22.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Queens Park (WA) were Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 18.1%, Islam 11.9%, Anglican 9.1% and Buddhism 6.3%.

In Queens Park (WA) 49.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.4%, Indonesian 3.3%, Turkish 2.9%, Tagalog 2.5% and Cantonese 2.2%.

Employment

There were 2,841 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Queens Park (WA). Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Queens Park (WA), 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Queens Park (WA) was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Queens Park (WA) included Professionals 19.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Labourers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Queens Park (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5%, School Education 3.0%, Hospitals 3.0% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Queens Park (WA) was $625.

In Queens Park (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Train 8.0%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Bus 2.6% and Train, bus 2.2%. On the day, 15.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Queens Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.8% 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 Queens Park (WA), 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Queens Park (WA), 43.0% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Queens Park (WA) 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Queens Park (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,137 and those without children was $2,099.

Employment status of couple families

In Queens Park (WA), of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Queens Park (WA), 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queens Park (WA), 73.5% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Queens Park (WA), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queens Park (WA), 18.7% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Queens Park (WA), of all households, 67.9% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 7.7% were group households.

In Queens Park (WA), 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Queens Park (WA), 37.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Queens Park (WA), there were 111 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 52.3%) were male and 53 (or 47.7%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Queens Park (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In Queens Park (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,694.