West Leederville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,806 people in West Leederville of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in West Leederville was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in West Leederville aged 15 years and over, 41.6% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Leederville was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In West Leederville, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Leederville was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In West Leederville 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.1% were in primary school, 12.7% in secondary school and 32.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Leederville were English 26.8%, Australian 21.0%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 4.3%.

In West Leederville, 57.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, Ireland 3.5%, India 2.9%, New Zealand 2.7% and Italy 1.9%.

In West Leederville, 37.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Leederville were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 13.5%, Uniting Church 2.7% and Hinduism 2.3%.

In West Leederville 75.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Mandarin 1.1%, Hindi 1.1% and French 1.0%.

Employment

There were 2,192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Leederville. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Leederville, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Leederville was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in West Leederville included Professionals 42.4%, Managers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in West Leederville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.7%, Hospitals 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 3.8% and Tertiary Education 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Leederville was $912.

In West Leederville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.9%, Walked only 8.7%, Train 8.6%, Bus 6.1% and Car, as passenger 4.3%. On the day, 18.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Leederville, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 West Leederville, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Leederville, 38.3% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In West Leederville 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Leederville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,444 and those without children was $2,990.

Employment status of couple families

In West Leederville, of couple families with children, 26.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Leederville, 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Leederville, 59.9% were separate houses, 16.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 23.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Leederville, of occupied private dwellings 13.5% had 1 bedroom, 24.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Leederville, 30.3% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 39.2% were rented.

Household composition

In West Leederville, of all households, 61.3% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 8.4% were group households.

In West Leederville, 15.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.9% 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 West Leederville, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Leederville, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 West Leederville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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