Curtin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,175 people in Curtin of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Curtin was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Curtin aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Curtin was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Curtin, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Curtin was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Curtin 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 26.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Curtin were Australian 28.0%, English 26.3%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 9.0% and German 3.3%.

In Curtin, 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, India 1.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Curtin, 57.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Curtin were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 27.3%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Curtin 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, French 0.9%, German 0.8%, Greek 0.7% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 2,764 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Curtin. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Curtin, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Curtin was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Curtin included Professionals 37.9%, Managers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Sales Workers 5.1%, Labourers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Curtin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 24.3%, School Education 4.5%, Defence 4.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7% and Tertiary Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Curtin was $1,001.

In Curtin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Bus 7.2%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bicycle 3.5% and Walked only 3.0%. On the day, 8.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Curtin, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.8% 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 Curtin, 32.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Curtin, 45.7% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Curtin 23.2% of single parents were male and 76.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Curtin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,520 and those without children was $3,076.

Employment status of couple families

In Curtin, of couple families with children, 28.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Curtin, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Curtin, 84.6% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Curtin, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Curtin, 40.5% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 26.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Curtin, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Curtin, 13.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.1% 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 Curtin, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Curtin, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 55.6%) were male and 24 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Curtin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,625.

In Curtin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.