West Toodyay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 433 people in West Toodyay of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in West Toodyay was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in West Toodyay aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Toodyay was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In West Toodyay, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Toodyay was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In West Toodyay 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.2% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Toodyay were Australian 33.2%, English 30.8%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.9% and German 2.8%.

In West Toodyay, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.8%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 1.4%, South Africa 1.4% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.9%.

In West Toodyay, 53.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Toodyay were No Religion 37.9%, Anglican 21.5%, Catholic 12.5%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In West Toodyay 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.6%, German 0.7%, Italian 0.7%, Hungarian 0.7% and Cantonese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 215 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Toodyay. Of these 47.9% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Toodyay, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Toodyay was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in West Toodyay included Managers 18.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.9%, Professionals 12.6%, Labourers 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in West Toodyay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Local Government Administration 4.3%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 3.8%, Accommodation 3.8% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Toodyay was $528.

In West Toodyay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 4.9%, Other 4.4% and Truck 3.9%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Toodyay, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.0% 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 Toodyay, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Toodyay, 32.8% were couple families with children, 50.8% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In West Toodyay 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Toodyay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In West Toodyay, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Toodyay, 79.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Toodyay, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Toodyay, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Toodyay, 43.8% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In West Toodyay, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In West Toodyay, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Toodyay, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Toodyay, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Toodyay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In West Toodyay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.