Waterford West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,160 people in Waterford West of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Waterford West was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Waterford West aged 15 years and over, 40.5% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waterford West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Waterford West, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waterford West was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Waterford West 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waterford West were English 28.7%, Australian 24.9%, Irish 6.2%, Scottish 5.7% and German 4.6%.

In Waterford West, 66.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.7%, England 4.9%, Philippines 0.9%, Samoa 0.8% and Fiji 0.7%.

In Waterford West, 50.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waterford West were No Religion 23.8%, Catholic 19.1%, Anglican 18.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In Waterford West 81.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 2.0%, Khmer 1.3%, Romanian 0.8%, Hindi 0.6% and Tagalog 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,769 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waterford West. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 9.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waterford West, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waterford West was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Waterford West included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Labourers 16.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.7%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Professionals 7.7% and Managers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Waterford West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, School Education 3.6% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waterford West was $491.

In Waterford West, 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 7.6%, Bus 3.2%, Truck 2.8% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waterford West, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% 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 Waterford West, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waterford West, 41.5% were couple families with children, 33.0% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In Waterford West 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waterford West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,830 and those without children was $1,677.

Employment status of couple families

In Waterford West, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterford West, 78.5% were separate houses, 20.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Waterford West, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 25.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterford West, 25.8% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Waterford West, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Waterford West, 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Waterford West, 40.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waterford West, there were 220 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 117 (or 53.2%) were male and 103 (or 46.8%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Waterford West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $981.

In Waterford West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.