Holland Park West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,965 people in Holland Park West of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Holland Park West was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Holland Park West aged 15 years and over, 45.8% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Holland Park West was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Holland Park West, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Holland Park West was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Holland Park West 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 32.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Holland Park West were Australian 25.4%, English 24.9%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 7.8% and German 4.4%.

In Holland Park West, 73.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 3.1%, India 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Holland Park West, 57.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Holland Park West were Catholic 28.3%, No Religion 21.9%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Eastern Orthodox 4.0%.

In Holland Park West 81.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.6%, Cantonese 1.0%, Punjabi 0.8%, Spanish 0.7% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 3,400 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Holland Park West. Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Holland Park West, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Holland Park West was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Holland Park West included Professionals 32.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Managers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Holland Park West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 5.7%, State Government Administration 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Tertiary Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Holland Park West was $777.

In Holland Park West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Bus 15.5%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Bicycle 1.8% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 18.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Holland Park West, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Holland Park West, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Holland Park West, 41.9% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Holland Park West 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Holland Park West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,772 and those without children was $2,341.

Employment status of couple families

In Holland Park West, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Holland Park West, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holland Park West, 74.3% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Holland Park West, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holland Park West, 28.9% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 34.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Holland Park West, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Holland Park West, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.2% 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 Holland Park West, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Holland Park West, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 38 (or 53.5%) were male and 33 (or 46.5%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Holland Park West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,774.

In Holland Park West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,900.