Swan View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,027 people in Swan View of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan View was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Swan View aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan View was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Swan View, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan View was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Swan View 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan View were English 30.4%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 6.4%, Scottish 6.2% and Italian 5.9%.

In Swan View, 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 4.1%, Italy 2.0%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Swan View, 50.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan View were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 18.7%, Christian, nfd 3.0% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Swan View 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.5%, Croatian 0.7%, German 0.4%, Polish 0.4% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,123 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan View. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan View, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan View was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Swan View included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Professionals 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Labourers 9.6% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Swan View, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan View was $601.

In Swan View, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Bus 2.2%, Walked only 1.7% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan View, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Swan View, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan View, 40.1% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In Swan View 21.5% of single parents were male and 78.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,254 and those without children was $2,129.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan View, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% 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 Swan View, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan View, 92.7% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Swan View, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 6.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan View, 34.7% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan View, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 23.8% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Swan View, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Swan View, 29.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan View, there were 337 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 171 (or 50.7%) were male and 166 (or 49.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Swan View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,231.

In Swan View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $203 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,963.