Westbourne Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,482 people in Westbourne Park of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Westbourne Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Westbourne Park aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Westbourne Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Westbourne Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Westbourne Park was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Westbourne Park 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 31.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Westbourne Park were English 29.9%, Australian 28.1%, Irish 7.0%, German 6.4% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Westbourne Park, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, India 1.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%, Greece 0.9% and Italy 0.8%.

In Westbourne Park, 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Westbourne Park were No Religion 27.6%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Eastern Orthodox 5.2%.

In Westbourne Park 85.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.6%, Italian 1.5%, Mandarin 1.2%, Cantonese 0.7% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,348 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Westbourne Park. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Westbourne Park, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Westbourne Park was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Westbourne Park included Professionals 35.7%, Managers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.9%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Westbourne Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 4.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.2%, Allied Health Services 3.9% and Tertiary Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Westbourne Park was $726.

In Westbourne Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.6%, Bus 6.7%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bicycle 3.2% and Walked only 2.5%. On the day, 9.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Westbourne Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Westbourne Park, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Westbourne Park, 55.4% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Westbourne Park 10.3% of single parents were male and 89.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Westbourne Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,088 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Westbourne Park, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 30.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Westbourne Park, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Westbourne Park, 76.0% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Westbourne Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.4% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Westbourne Park, 39.3% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Westbourne Park, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Westbourne Park, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.9% 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 Westbourne Park, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Westbourne Park, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 42.9%) were male and 8 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Westbourne Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,416.

In Westbourne Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $750.