West End (Townsville - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,242 people in West End (Townsville - Qld) of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in West End (Townsville - Qld) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in West End (Townsville - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 31.1% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West End (Townsville - Qld) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In West End (Townsville - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 32.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West End (Townsville - Qld) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In West End (Townsville - Qld) 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.7% were in primary school, 11.9% in secondary school and 22.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West End (Townsville - Qld) were English 26.8%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 6.7% and German 4.1%.

In West End (Townsville - Qld), 72.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 3.2%, United States of America 1.0%, Philippines 0.9% and Scotland 0.6%.

In West End (Townsville - Qld), 65.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West End (Townsville - Qld) were Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In West End (Townsville - Qld) 83.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Greek 0.5% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,336 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West End (Townsville - Qld). Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 22.3% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West End (Townsville - Qld), 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West End (Townsville - Qld) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in West End (Townsville - Qld) included Professionals 22.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 10.6%, Managers 10.1%, Sales Workers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in West End (Townsville - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 4.4%, Defence 3.5% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West End (Townsville - Qld) was $697.

In West End (Townsville - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Bicycle 3.2%, Walked only 3.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West End (Townsville - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 West End (Townsville - Qld), 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West End (Townsville - Qld), 31.5% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 20.2% were one parent families.

In West End (Townsville - Qld) 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West End (Townsville - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,487 and those without children was $2,107.

Employment status of couple families

In West End (Townsville - Qld), of couple families with children, 28.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West End (Townsville - Qld), 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West End (Townsville - Qld), 49.6% were separate houses, 10.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 38.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In West End (Townsville - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 45.0% had 2 bedrooms and 31.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West End (Townsville - Qld), 17.9% were owned outright, 27.3% were owned with a mortgage and 50.6% were rented.

Household composition

In West End (Townsville - Qld), of all households, 54.3% were family households, 37.7% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In West End (Townsville - Qld), 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 West End (Townsville - Qld), 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West End (Townsville - Qld), there were 264 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 139 (or 52.7%) were male and 125 (or 47.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 West End (Townsville - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $984.

In West End (Townsville - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $243 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,430.