Guildford West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,420 people in Guildford West of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Guildford West was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Guildford West aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Guildford West was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Guildford West, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Guildford West was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Guildford West 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 18.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Guildford West were Australian 18.7%, Lebanese 16.5%, English 16.2%, Irish 4.3% and Scottish 3.5%.

In Guildford West, 62.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 8.3%, New Zealand 2.7%, Iraq 2.0%, Philippines 1.5% and England 1.4%.

In Guildford West, 31.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Guildford West were Catholic 39.7%, Islam 14.7%, Anglican 13.4%, No Religion 7.3% and Eastern Orthodox 4.8%.

In Guildford West 51.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 25.6%, Italian 1.9%, Turkish 1.5%, Tongan 1.4% and Hindi 1.2%.

Employment

There were 1,871 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Guildford West. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Guildford West, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Guildford West was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Guildford West included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Professionals 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Guildford West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, School Education 3.2% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Guildford West was $464.

In Guildford West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 5.6%, Bus 3.2% and Train, bus 2.8%. On the day, 14.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Guildford West, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% 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 Guildford West, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Guildford West, 52.0% were couple families with children, 25.9% were couple families without children and 20.2% were one parent families.

In Guildford West 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Guildford West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,203 and those without children was $2,137.

Employment status of couple families

In Guildford West, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Guildford West, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guildford West, 91.5% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Guildford West, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guildford West, 32.0% were owned outright, 39.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Guildford West, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Guildford West, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Guildford West, 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Guildford West, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 51.9%) were male and 26 (or 48.1%) 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 Guildford West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,125.

In Guildford West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $173 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,440.