Sunshine West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,743 people in Sunshine West of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Sunshine West was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Sunshine West aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sunshine West was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sunshine West, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sunshine West was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Sunshine West 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.1% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sunshine West were Vietnamese 15.8%, Australian 9.4%, English 9.0%, Maltese 6.4% and Greek 6.4%.

In Sunshine West, 41.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 12.8%, Malta 4.4%, Greece 3.3%, India 2.6% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.3%.

In Sunshine West, 14.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 78.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sunshine West were Catholic 32.4%, Buddhism 14.2%, Eastern Orthodox 12.9%, No Religion 10.5% and Islam 6.6%.

In Sunshine West 30.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 19.6%, Greek 7.2%, Maltese 4.7%, Macedonian 3.3% and Italian 3.2%.

Employment

There were 6,812 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sunshine West. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 9.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sunshine West, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sunshine West was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Sunshine West included Labourers 16.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Professionals 12.0%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Sunshine West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.0%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.3% and School Education 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sunshine West was $366.

In Sunshine West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train 5.2%, Train, bus 1.8% and Bus 1.5%. On the day, 12.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sunshine West, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.4% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.1% 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 Sunshine West, 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sunshine West, 43.4% were couple families with children, 31.2% were couple families without children and 22.7% were one parent families.

In Sunshine West 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sunshine West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,875 and those without children was $1,714.

Employment status of couple families

In Sunshine West, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 10.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sunshine West, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunshine West, 92.8% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Sunshine West, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 68.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunshine West, 42.7% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Sunshine West, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 18.1% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Sunshine West, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Sunshine West, 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sunshine West, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 58.1%) were male and 26 (or 41.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Sunshine West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Sunshine West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,523.