Para Hills West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,162 people in Para Hills West of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Para Hills West was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Para Hills West aged 15 years and over, 40.5% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Para Hills West was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Para Hills West, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Para Hills West was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Para Hills West 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Para Hills West were English 29.1%, Australian 25.0%, Irish 5.2%, German 5.0% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Para Hills West, 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.2%, India 2.5%, Afghanistan 1.5%, Philippines 1.1% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Para Hills West, 46.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Para Hills West were No Religion 31.3%, Catholic 18.0%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Islam 3.5%.

In Para Hills West 76.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.3%, Greek 1.3%, Polish 1.2%, Italian 1.1% and Hindi 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,483 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Para Hills West. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Para Hills West, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Para Hills West was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Para Hills West included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Labourers 13.8%, Professionals 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Para Hills West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, School Education 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.3% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Para Hills West was $486.

In Para Hills West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 4.2%, Walked only 1.5% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 6.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Para Hills West, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.6% 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 Para Hills West, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Para Hills West, 37.5% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 25.4% were one parent families.

In Para Hills West 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Para Hills West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,739 and those without children was $1,638.

Employment status of couple families

In Para Hills West, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Para Hills West, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Para Hills West, 74.1% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Para Hills West, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.6% had 2 bedrooms and 62.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Para Hills West, 23.0% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 35.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Para Hills West, of all households, 64.6% were family households, 33.1% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Para Hills West, 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Para Hills West, 43.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Para Hills West, there were 82 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 30.5%) were male and 57 (or 69.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Para Hills West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,149.

In Para Hills West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $184 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.