Victory Heights (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 908 people in Victory Heights (WA) of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 13.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Victory Heights (WA) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.5% of the population.

Of people in Victory Heights (WA) aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Victory Heights (WA) was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Victory Heights (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Victory Heights (WA) was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Victory Heights (WA) 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Victory Heights (WA) were Australian 30.8%, English 23.3%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 6.4% and Maori 4.4%.

In Victory Heights (WA), 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.2%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.8%, South Africa 1.1% and India 0.9%.

In Victory Heights (WA), 62.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Victory Heights (WA) were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 15.4%, Christian, nfd 5.0% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Victory Heights (WA) 82.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 1.2%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.9%, Marathi 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.4% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 476 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Victory Heights (WA). Of these 69.1% were employed full time, 20.0% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Victory Heights (WA), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Victory Heights (WA) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Victory Heights (WA) included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Labourers 10.9%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Professionals 6.2% and Managers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Victory Heights (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 12.4%, School Education 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Other Mining Support Services 4.2% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Victory Heights (WA) was $866.

In Victory Heights (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 11.5%, Bus 3.1%, Walked only 1.6% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Victory Heights (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.3% 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 Victory Heights (WA), 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Victory Heights (WA), 52.7% were couple families with children, 30.1% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Victory Heights (WA) 32.4% of single parents were male and 67.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Victory Heights (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,675 and those without children was $3,146.

Employment status of couple families

In Victory Heights (WA), of couple families with children, 31.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Victory Heights (WA), 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victory Heights (WA), 83.2% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Victory Heights (WA), of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victory Heights (WA), 15.0% were owned outright, 49.1% were owned with a mortgage and 32.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Victory Heights (WA), of all households, 77.5% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Victory Heights (WA), 16.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.8% 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 Victory Heights (WA), 21.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Victory Heights (WA), there were 124 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 68 (or 54.8%) were male and 56 (or 45.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Victory Heights (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,687.

In Victory Heights (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $273 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,750.