West Hoxton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,130 people in West Hoxton of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in West Hoxton was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.4% of the population.

Of people in West Hoxton aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Hoxton was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In West Hoxton, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Hoxton was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In West Hoxton 36.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Hoxton were Australian 13.0%, Italian 11.7%, English 10.0%, Indian 5.3% and Filipino 3.3%.

In West Hoxton, 57.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Fiji 5.4%, Iraq 3.5%, Philippines 2.6%, New Zealand 1.9% and Italy 1.8%.

In West Hoxton, 21.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 66.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Hoxton were Catholic 44.2%, Eastern Orthodox 8.4%, Anglican 6.7%, Islam 6.7% and Hinduism 5.7%.

In West Hoxton 47.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 6.5%, Hindi 6.1%, Spanish 4.3%, Italian 4.2% and Serbian 2.6%.

Employment

There were 4,649 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Hoxton. Of these 65.2% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Hoxton, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Hoxton was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in West Hoxton included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Professionals 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Managers 11.4%, Labourers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in West Hoxton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Hoxton was $661.

In West Hoxton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 3.0%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Hoxton, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.9% 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 Hoxton, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Hoxton, 67.7% were couple families with children, 18.8% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In West Hoxton 12.1% of single parents were male and 87.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Hoxton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,292 and those without children was $2,191.

Employment status of couple families

In West Hoxton, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Hoxton, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Hoxton, 81.5% were separate houses, 17.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Hoxton, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 15.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Hoxton, 16.2% were owned outright, 68.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In West Hoxton, of all households, 93.9% were family households, 5.4% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In West Hoxton, 8.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.8% 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 Hoxton, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Hoxton, there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 40.6%) were male and 41 (or 59.4%) 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 West Hoxton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,963.

In West Hoxton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $495 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,513.