West Wallsend

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,714 people in West Wallsend of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in West Wallsend was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in West Wallsend aged 15 years and over, 44.3% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Wallsend was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In West Wallsend, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Wallsend was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In West Wallsend 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Wallsend were Australian 40.0%, English 31.4%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 6.2% and German 2.9%.

In West Wallsend, 91.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.5%, Samoa 0.2% and Canada 0.2%.

In West Wallsend, 82.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Wallsend were Anglican 25.2%, No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 20.7%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In West Wallsend 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Thai 0.2%, Gaelic (Scotland) 0.2%, French 0.2% and Auslan 0.2%.

Employment

There were 779 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Wallsend. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Wallsend, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Wallsend was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in West Wallsend included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Labourers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Professionals 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.3% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in West Wallsend, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and School Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Wallsend was $495.

In West Wallsend, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Motorbike/scooter 1.6%, Walked only 1.5% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Wallsend, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 Wallsend, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Wallsend, 38.3% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 25.5% were one parent families.

In West Wallsend 14.1% of single parents were male and 85.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Wallsend, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $1,711.

Employment status of couple families

In West Wallsend, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Wallsend, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Wallsend, 95.5% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In West Wallsend, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 60.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Wallsend, 32.6% were owned outright, 45.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In West Wallsend, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In West Wallsend, 27.8% 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 West Wallsend, 33.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Wallsend, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 55.8%) were male and 19 (or 44.2%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Wallsend, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In West Wallsend, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.