Burswood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,029 people in Burswood of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Burswood was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Burswood aged 15 years and over, 42.4% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burswood was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Burswood, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burswood was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Burswood 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.9% were in primary school, 7.6% in secondary school and 31.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burswood were English 21.4%, Australian 13.0%, Chinese 8.8%, Scottish 5.6% and Irish 5.3%.

In Burswood, 38.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 3.4%, Malaysia 3.3%, India 3.1% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.7%.

In Burswood, 26.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 63.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burswood were No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 12.0%, Buddhism 4.8% and Hinduism 3.5%.

In Burswood 57.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.0%, Cantonese 3.2%, Korean 1.6%, Italian 1.4% and Persian (excluding Dari) 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,225 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burswood. Of these 70.4% were employed full time, 22.3% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burswood, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Burswood included Professionals 25.9%, Managers 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 7.8%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Burswood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.3%, Hospitals 3.0%, Metal Ore Mining 2.9% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burswood was $917.

In Burswood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.8%, Bus 7.1%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Train 6.1% and Walked only 4.0%. On the day, 17.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burswood, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.6% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Burswood, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burswood, 27.6% were couple families with children, 61.8% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Burswood 31.4% of single parents were male and 68.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burswood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,853 and those without children was $2,550.

Employment status of couple families

In Burswood, of couple families with children, 30.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burswood, 76.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burswood, 17.8% were separate houses, 26.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 54.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Burswood, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 43.9% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burswood, 20.9% were owned outright, 24.6% were owned with a mortgage and 52.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Burswood, of all households, 56.1% were family households, 34.0% were single person households and 9.8% were group households.

In Burswood, 14.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.0% 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 Burswood, 43.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burswood, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Burswood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Burswood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.