Homebush West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,781 people in Homebush West of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Homebush West was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.0% of the population.

Of people in Homebush West aged 15 years and over, 54.3% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Homebush West was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Homebush West, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Homebush West was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Homebush West 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.7% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 32.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Homebush West were Chinese 28.4%, Indian 14.3%, English 6.1%, Korean 5.8% and Australian 5.4%.

In Homebush West, 25.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 18.1%, India 14.7%, Korea, Republic of (South) 5.5%, Sri Lanka 4.2% and Vietnam 3.0%.

In Homebush West, 7.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 88.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Homebush West were No Religion 22.7%, Hinduism 20.2%, Catholic 14.5%, Buddhism 10.3% and Islam 4.4%.

In Homebush West 18.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 15.9%, Cantonese 11.2%, Tamil 7.0%, Korean 6.4% and Hindi 4.7%.

Employment

There were 3,168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Homebush West. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 23.6% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Homebush West, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Homebush West was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Homebush West included Professionals 29.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Managers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Homebush West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.9%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.7%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 2.8% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Homebush West was $568.

In Homebush West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.6%, Train 30.0%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train, bus 3.7% and Walked only 3.3%. On the day, 37.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Homebush West, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Homebush West, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Homebush West, 43.9% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Homebush West 13.7% of single parents were male and 86.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Homebush West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,995 and those without children was $2,039.

Employment status of couple families

In Homebush West, of couple families with children, 26.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 12.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Homebush West, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Homebush West, 11.3% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 85.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Homebush West, of occupied private dwellings 8.5% had 1 bedroom, 69.2% had 2 bedrooms and 14.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Homebush West, 11.5% were owned outright, 36.0% were owned with a mortgage and 49.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Homebush West, of all households, 72.2% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 7.2% were group households.

In Homebush West, 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Homebush West, 54.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Homebush West, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 40.0%) were male and 9 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Homebush West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $524.

In Homebush West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.