Geelong West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,683 people in Geelong West of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Geelong West was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Geelong West aged 15 years and over, 38.6% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Geelong West was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Geelong West, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Geelong West was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Geelong West 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 33.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Geelong West were English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 8.4% and Italian 5.5%.

In Geelong West, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Italy 2.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and India 0.8%.

In Geelong West, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Geelong West were Catholic 32.4%, No Religion 28.2%, Anglican 10.4%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Geelong West 84.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.2%, Mandarin 1.1%, Macedonian 0.8%, Greek 0.6% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,663 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Geelong West. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Geelong West, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Geelong West was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Geelong West included Professionals 28.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Managers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Geelong West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Tertiary Education 3.4% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Geelong West was $626.

In Geelong West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.2%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 4.1% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 8.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Geelong West, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Geelong West, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Geelong West, 41.2% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Geelong West 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Geelong West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,201 and those without children was $2,179.

Employment status of couple families

In Geelong West, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Geelong West, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Geelong West, 74.3% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Geelong West, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 33.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Geelong West, 26.1% were owned outright, 32.4% were owned with a mortgage and 38.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Geelong West, of all households, 56.6% were family households, 36.3% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Geelong West, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Geelong West, 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Geelong West, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 57.6%) were male and 14 (or 42.4%) 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 Geelong West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $850.

In Geelong West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $187 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.