Williamstown (Western Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 57,260 people in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) were Australian 21.2%, English 21.2%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.5% and Italian 5.7%.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 66.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Italy 2.4%, New Zealand 2.0%, Greece 2.0% and Vietnam 1.7%.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 43.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 26.3%, Anglican 9.5%, Eastern Orthodox 8.2% and Islam 4.8%.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) 68.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.1%, Arabic 4.0%, Italian 3.7%, Vietnamese 2.1% and Macedonian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 29,084 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan). Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) included Professionals 28.7%, Managers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.2%, Tertiary Education 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) was $659.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Train 10.7%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 2.4% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 17.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.2% 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 Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 46.1% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,742 and those without children was $2,494.

Employment status of couple families

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 71.5% were separate houses, 16.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 24.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 35.0% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), of all households, 69.2% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.5% 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 Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), there were 204 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 105 (or 51.5%) were male and 99 (or 48.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,031.

In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $289 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.