West Torrens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 32,898 people in West Torrens of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in West Torrens was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in West Torrens aged 15 years and over, 43.6% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Torrens was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In West Torrens, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Torrens was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In West Torrens 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.3% were in primary school, 16.5% in secondary school and 31.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Torrens were English 22.2%, Australian 20.7%, Italian 8.1%, Greek 7.9% and Irish 6.0%.

In West Torrens, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Greece 3.2%, India 2.9%, Italy 2.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2%.

In West Torrens, 46.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Torrens were Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 23.3%, Eastern Orthodox 11.4%, Anglican 9.0% and Uniting Church 6.4%.

In West Torrens 67.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 8.1%, Italian 4.6%, Mandarin 2.2%, Arabic 1.0% and Cantonese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 16,886 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Torrens. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Torrens, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Torrens was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in West Torrens included Professionals 22.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Managers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in West Torrens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 3.6%, State Government Administration 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Torrens was $544.

In West Torrens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Bus 8.9%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 2.6% and Bicycle 2.1%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Torrens, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 West Torrens, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Torrens, 39.2% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In West Torrens 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Torrens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,174 and those without children was $2,052.

Employment status of couple families

In West Torrens, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% 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 West Torrens, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Torrens, 66.8% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In West Torrens, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 30.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Torrens, 33.0% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.3% were rented.

Household composition

In West Torrens, of all households, 61.1% were family households, 32.8% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In West Torrens, 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Torrens, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Torrens, there were 300 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 147 (or 49.0%) were male and 153 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Torrens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $837.

In West Torrens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $205 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,948.