Upper Swan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 562 people in Upper Swan of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Swan was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Upper Swan aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Swan was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Upper Swan, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Swan was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Upper Swan 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Swan were English 35.7%, Australian 29.9%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 5.9% and Italian 4.5%.

In Upper Swan, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, Scotland 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Thailand 1.1% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Upper Swan, 51.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Swan were No Religion 28.4%, Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 25.9%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Upper Swan 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.9%, German 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Macedonian 0.5% and Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.5%.

Employment

There were 310 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Swan. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Swan, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Swan was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Swan included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Managers 13.5%, Labourers 10.1%, Professionals 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Upper Swan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.7%, School Education 5.4%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4%, State Government Administration 3.4% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Swan was $609.

In Upper Swan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 3.7%, Walked only 2.4% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Swan, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Upper Swan, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Swan, 35.6% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Upper Swan 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Swan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,785 and those without children was $2,055.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Swan, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Swan, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Swan, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Upper Swan, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Swan, 41.7% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Swan, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Upper Swan, 19.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Upper Swan, 19.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Swan, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Upper Swan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Upper Swan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,440.