Airport West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,959 people in Airport West of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Airport West was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Airport West aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Airport West was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Airport West, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Airport West was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Airport West 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Airport West were Australian 19.9%, Italian 18.7%, English 17.8%, Irish 7.2% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Airport West, 67.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.9%, India 1.9%, Greece 1.6%, Malta 1.6% and England 1.5%.

In Airport West, 43.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Airport West were Catholic 49.6%, No Religion 15.3%, Anglican 8.3%, Eastern Orthodox 6.1% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Airport West 64.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.7%, Greek 3.9%, Maltese 1.4%, Mandarin 1.1% and Sinhalese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 3,451 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Airport West. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Airport West, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Airport West included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Professionals 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Managers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Airport West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.5%, Building Installation Services 2.7% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Airport West was $539.

In Airport West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train 2.4%, Tram 2.3% and Train, car as driver 1.9%. On the day, 12.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Airport West, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.5% 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 Airport West, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Airport West, 39.0% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Airport West 20.3% of single parents were male and 79.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Airport West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,265 and those without children was $2,146.

Employment status of couple families

In Airport West, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Airport West, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Airport West, 77.5% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Airport West, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 62.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Airport West, 44.9% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Airport West, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Airport West, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Airport West, 37.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Airport West, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 45.8%) were male and 13 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Airport West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Airport West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.