Waratah West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,676 people in Waratah West of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Waratah West was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Waratah West aged 15 years and over, 35.8% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waratah West was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Waratah West, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waratah West was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Waratah West 37.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.9% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 50.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waratah West were Australian 28.1%, English 28.0%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.0%.

In Waratah West, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malaysia 2.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%, England 1.7%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Waratah West, 66.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waratah West were Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 20.2%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Islam 3.0%.

In Waratah West 82.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malay 1.6%, Mandarin 1.4%, Korean 0.9%, Arabic 0.7% and Polish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,229 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waratah West. Of these 52.0% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waratah West, 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waratah West was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Waratah West included Professionals 21.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.7%, Managers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Waratah West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Hospitals 5.1%, Tertiary Education 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8% and School Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waratah West was $415.

In Waratah West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 3.3%, Bus 2.6% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 4.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waratah West, 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, 25.5% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Waratah West, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waratah West, 35.6% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 22.8% were one parent families.

In Waratah West 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waratah West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,981 and those without children was $2,141.

Employment status of couple families

In Waratah West, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waratah West, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waratah West, 93.4% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Waratah West, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waratah West, 32.9% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 35.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Waratah West, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 13.1% were group households.

In Waratah West, 29.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Waratah West, 41.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waratah West, there were 88 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 38.6%) were male and 54 (or 61.4%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Waratah West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Waratah West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $153 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.