Holsworthy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,061 people in Holsworthy of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Holsworthy was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.6% of the population.

Of people in Holsworthy aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Holsworthy was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Holsworthy, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% 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 Holsworthy was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Holsworthy 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.0% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Holsworthy were Australian 24.3%, English 21.0%, Indian 7.8%, Irish 6.2% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Holsworthy, 66.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 6.6%, Philippines 3.0%, Indonesia 2.4%, Fiji 2.0% and Bangladesh 1.9%.

In Holsworthy, 44.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Holsworthy were Catholic 27.9%, Anglican 18.0%, No Religion 16.1%, Hinduism 9.7% and Islam 4.6%.

In Holsworthy 64.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 3.6%, Bengali 2.8%, Arabic 2.4%, Indonesian 2.4% and Mandarin 2.2%.

Employment

There were 2,974 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Holsworthy. Of these 71.7% were employed full time, 19.0% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Holsworthy, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Holsworthy was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Holsworthy included Professionals 19.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Managers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3% and Labourers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Holsworthy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 18.7%, School Education 4.0%, Hospitals 3.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.5% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Holsworthy was $852.

In Holsworthy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.1%, Train 15.9%, Walked only 7.2%, Car, as passenger 4.2% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 20.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Holsworthy, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Holsworthy, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Holsworthy, 62.6% were couple families with children, 24.4% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Holsworthy 21.0% of single parents were male and 79.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Holsworthy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,342 and those without children was $2,313.

Employment status of couple families

In Holsworthy, of couple families with children, 34.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Holsworthy, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holsworthy, 80.3% were separate houses, 19.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Holsworthy, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 57.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holsworthy, 13.1% were owned outright, 57.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Holsworthy, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 9.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Holsworthy, 6.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% 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 Holsworthy, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Holsworthy, there were 82 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 54.9%) were male and 37 (or 45.1%) 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 Holsworthy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,536.

In Holsworthy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.