West Lakes Shore

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,973 people in West Lakes Shore of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in West Lakes Shore was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in West Lakes Shore aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Lakes Shore was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In West Lakes Shore, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Lakes Shore was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In West Lakes Shore 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 25.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Lakes Shore were English 28.9%, Australian 24.4%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.4% and German 6.2%.

In West Lakes Shore, 75.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, Italy 1.9%, Scotland 1.3%, Germany 1.0% and Greece 1.0%.

In West Lakes Shore, 56.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Lakes Shore were Catholic 27.3%, No Religion 22.8%, Anglican 13.1%, Uniting Church 10.9% and Eastern Orthodox 5.3%.

In West Lakes Shore 85.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.0%, Greek 1.6%, Russian 0.9%, Croatian 0.9% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,595 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Lakes Shore. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Lakes Shore, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Lakes Shore was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in West Lakes Shore included Professionals 22.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Managers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in West Lakes Shore, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Tertiary Education 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Lakes Shore was $630.

In West Lakes Shore, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus 2.4%, Walked only 1.8% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Lakes Shore, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 West Lakes Shore, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Lakes Shore, 40.9% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In West Lakes Shore 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Lakes Shore, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,441 and those without children was $2,299.

Employment status of couple families

In West Lakes Shore, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Lakes Shore, 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Lakes Shore, 73.1% were separate houses, 21.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Lakes Shore, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Lakes Shore, 48.9% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In West Lakes Shore, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In West Lakes Shore, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Shore, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Lakes Shore, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 21.4%) were male and 11 (or 78.6%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Shore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $387.

In West Lakes Shore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.