Upper Swan (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 363 people in Upper Swan (L) of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Swan (L) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Upper Swan (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Swan (L) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Upper Swan (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Upper Swan (L) 21.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Swan (L) were English 36.0%, Australian 31.6%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 4.6% and Italian 4.6%.

In Upper Swan (L), 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.5%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 1.7%, Croatia 1.1% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Upper Swan (L), 51.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Swan (L) were No Religion 31.0%, Anglican 30.2%, Catholic 24.7%, Uniting Church 2.7% and Pentecostal 1.9%.

In Upper Swan (L) 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Croatian 0.8%, Macedonian 0.8%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.8% and Thai 0.8%.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Swan (L). Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Swan (L), 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Upper Swan (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.4%, Labourers 11.8%, Managers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Professionals 7.5% and Sales Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Upper Swan (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 9.5%, School Education 5.8%, Building Installation Services 5.3%, State Government Administration 4.8% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Swan (L) was $620.

In Upper Swan (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 2.6%, Other 2.1% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Swan (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 (L), 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Swan (L), 36.7% were couple families with children, 50.8% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Upper Swan (L) 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Swan (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,799 and those without children was $2,094.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Swan (L), of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 20.2% 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 (L), 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Swan (L), 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Upper Swan (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Swan (L), 42.8% were owned outright, 48.3% were owned with a mortgage and 6.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Swan (L), of all households, 78.3% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Upper Swan (L), 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Upper Swan (L), 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Swan (L), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 39 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 (L), 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 (L), 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.