South Perth (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 40,739 people in South Perth (C) of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in South Perth (C) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in South Perth (C) aged 15 years and over, 42.9% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Perth (C) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Perth (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 43.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Perth (C) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In South Perth (C) 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.6% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 37.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Perth (C) were English 26.1%, Australian 21.4%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.6% and Chinese 6.4%.

In South Perth (C), 57.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, Malaysia 2.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, India 1.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%.

In South Perth (C), 39.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Perth (C) were Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 24.6%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Buddhism 3.3%.

In South Perth (C) 73.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.0%, Cantonese 1.8%, Indonesian 1.3%, Italian 1.2% and Arabic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 22,366 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Perth (C). Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Perth (C), 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Perth (C) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in South Perth (C) included Professionals 34.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Managers 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in South Perth (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.3%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 3.7% and Tertiary Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Perth (C) was $780.

In South Perth (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.0%, Bus 9.1%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 2.6% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 13.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Perth (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 South Perth (C), 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Perth (C), 38.5% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In South Perth (C) 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Perth (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,193 and those without children was $2,661.

Employment status of couple families

In South Perth (C), of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Perth (C), 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Perth (C), 51.1% were separate houses, 27.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Perth (C), of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 28.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Perth (C), 29.3% were owned outright, 27.4% were owned with a mortgage and 39.7% were rented.

Household composition

In South Perth (C), of all households, 61.4% were family households, 31.7% were single person households and 6.9% were group households.

In South Perth (C), 19.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.3% 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 South Perth (C), 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Perth (C), there were 443 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 234 (or 52.8%) were male and 209 (or 47.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 South Perth (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $762.

In South Perth (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.