Wetherill Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,026 people in Wetherill Park of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Wetherill Park was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Wetherill Park aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wetherill Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Wetherill Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wetherill Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Wetherill Park 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 23.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wetherill Park were Italian 11.3%, Australian 10.7%, English 8.1%, Assyrian 5.3% and Chinese 4.6%.

In Wetherill Park, 47.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 8.0%, Italy 4.5%, Vietnam 3.2%, Croatia 2.3% and Chile 2.0%.

In Wetherill Park, 16.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 73.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wetherill Park were Catholic 50.3%, Eastern Orthodox 7.2%, Anglican 6.7%, Buddhism 6.2% and No Religion 6.1%.

In Wetherill Park 37.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 7.9%, Arabic 7.0%, Italian 6.2%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5.8% and Croatian 3.6%.

Employment

There were 2,904 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wetherill Park. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wetherill Park, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wetherill Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Wetherill Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Professionals 14.0%, Labourers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Managers 8.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Wetherill Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Hospitals 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wetherill Park was $452.

In Wetherill Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Train 3.1%, Train, bus 2.6% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 10.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wetherill Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.5% 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 Wetherill Park, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wetherill Park, 55.6% were couple families with children, 27.5% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Wetherill Park 14.2% of single parents were male and 85.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wetherill Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,240 and those without children was $1,870.

Employment status of couple families

In Wetherill Park, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wetherill Park, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wetherill Park, 92.7% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Wetherill Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wetherill Park, 42.5% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wetherill Park, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 11.2% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Wetherill Park, 19.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.4% 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 Wetherill Park, 30.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wetherill Park, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 54.3%) were male and 16 (or 45.7%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Wetherill Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Wetherill Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.