West Gosford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,392 people in West Gosford of these 45.2% were male and 54.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in West Gosford was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.1% of the population.

Of people in West Gosford aged 15 years and over, 33.5% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Gosford was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In West Gosford, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Gosford was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In West Gosford 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.6% were in primary school, 11.3% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Gosford were English 28.7%, Australian 28.1%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 5.8% and Chinese 2.2%.

In West Gosford, 69.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 2.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3%, Philippines 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In West Gosford, 55.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Gosford were Anglican 24.3%, Catholic 20.8%, No Religion 19.3%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In West Gosford 79.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.1%, Spanish 0.6%, Hindi 0.6%, Vietnamese 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 547 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Gosford. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Gosford, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Gosford was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in West Gosford included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Labourers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Managers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in West Gosford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.6%, School Education 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Residential Care Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Gosford was $485.

In West Gosford, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.4%, Train 8.7%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 5.6% and Bus 3.5%. On the day, 17.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Gosford, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.4% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 West Gosford, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Gosford, 25.9% were couple families with children, 46.1% were couple families without children and 26.5% were one parent families.

In West Gosford 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Gosford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,035 and those without children was $2,111.

Employment status of couple families

In West Gosford, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Gosford, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Gosford, 28.4% were separate houses, 29.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In West Gosford, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 53.0% had 2 bedrooms and 29.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Gosford, 26.7% were owned outright, 17.8% were owned with a mortgage and 44.9% were rented.

Household composition

In West Gosford, of all households, 50.2% were family households, 43.4% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In West Gosford, 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Gosford, 49.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Gosford, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 60.5%) were male and 15 (or 39.5%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Gosford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In West Gosford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.