West Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,730 people in West Lakes of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in West Lakes was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.0% of the population.

Of people in West Lakes aged 15 years and over, 59.4% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Lakes was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In West Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Lakes was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In West Lakes 21.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 24.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Lakes were English 28.0%, Australian 23.8%, Italian 7.9%, Scottish 6.5% and Irish 5.2%.

In West Lakes, 73.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, Italy 2.4%, Greece 1.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and Croatia 1.1%.

In West Lakes, 54.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Lakes were Catholic 29.2%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Eastern Orthodox 5.9%.

In West Lakes 79.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.4%, Greek 3.3%, Croatian 1.4%, Mandarin 0.8% and Russian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,818 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Lakes. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Lakes, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Lakes was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in West Lakes included Professionals 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Managers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in West Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Lakes was $592.

In West Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.3%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 3.6%, Walked only 1.4% and Train 0.9%. On the day, 6.0% 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 West Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 West Lakes, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Lakes, 34.9% were couple families with children, 53.5% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In West Lakes 24.3% of single parents were male and 75.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,565 and those without children was $2,224.

Employment status of couple families

In West Lakes, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Lakes, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Lakes, 67.4% were separate houses, 22.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 26.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Lakes, 52.8% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.7% were rented.

Household composition

In West Lakes, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In West Lakes, 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Lakes, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Lakes, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 60.7%) were male and 11 (or 39.3%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,449.

In West Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $9,999.