Westbury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,476 people in Westbury of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Westbury was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Westbury aged 15 years and over, 49.0% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Westbury was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Westbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Westbury was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Westbury 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Westbury were English 35.8%, Australian 33.2%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.5% and Dutch 2.6%.

In Westbury, 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 1.7%, Netherlands 1.0%, Scotland 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Westbury, 76.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Westbury were Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Baptist 5.1%.

In Westbury 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Polish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 617 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Westbury. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Westbury, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Westbury was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Westbury included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Labourers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Professionals 11.8%, Managers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2% and Sales Workers 9.5%.

Of the employed people in Westbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 4.4% and Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product Manufacturing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Westbury was $403.

In Westbury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Walked only 2.9%, Car as driver, car as passenger 1.4% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Westbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Westbury, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Westbury, 35.7% were couple families with children, 48.7% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Westbury 21.3% of single parents were male and 78.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Westbury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,783 and those without children was $1,278.

Employment status of couple families

In Westbury, of couple families with children, 12.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Westbury, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Westbury, 90.6% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Westbury, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 55.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Westbury, 41.4% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Westbury, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Westbury, 37.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Westbury, 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Westbury, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 57.1%) were male and 12 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Westbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In Westbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,017.