2016 Census QuickStats

People — demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Male	17,429	49.8	1,238,419	50.0	11,546,638	49.3
Female	17,562	50.2	1,235,994	50.0	11,855,248	50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	528	1.5	75,978	3.1	649,171	2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 34,990 people in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas). Of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

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Age	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Median age	34	--	36	--	38	--
0-4 years	2,037	5.8	161,727	6.5	1,464,779	6.3
5-9 years	1,518	4.3	164,153	6.6	1,502,646	6.4
10-14 years	1,176	3.4	150,806	6.1	1,397,183	6.0
15-19 years	1,614	4.6	149,997	6.1	1,421,595	6.1
20-24 years	3,266	9.3	160,332	6.5	1,566,793	6.7
25-29 years	4,155	11.9	184,908	7.5	1,664,602	7.1
30-34 years	4,032	11.5	194,267	7.9	1,703,847	7.3
35-39 years	2,932	8.4	173,041	7.0	1,561,679	6.7
40-44 years	2,291	6.5	171,996	7.0	1,583,257	6.8
45-49 years	2,039	5.8	172,520	7.0	1,581,455	6.8
50-54 years	1,905	5.4	162,438	6.6	1,523,551	6.5
55-59 years	1,733	5.0	149,899	6.1	1,454,332	6.2
60-64 years	1,551	4.4	132,145	5.3	1,299,397	5.6
65-69 years	1,283	3.7	116,755	4.7	1,188,999	5.1
70-74 years	910	2.6	82,911	3.4	887,716	3.8
75-79 years	760	2.2	61,509	2.5	652,657	2.8
80-84 years	652	1.9	42,590	1.7	460,549	2.0
85 years and over	1,132	3.2	42,420	1.7	486,842	2.1

The median age of people in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Married	11,833	39.1	975,062	48.8	9,148,218	48.1
Separated	846	2.8	63,205	3.2	608,059	3.2
Divorced	2,662	8.8	167,361	8.4	1,626,890	8.5
Widowed	1,627	5.4	88,619	4.4	985,204	5.2
Never married	13,284	43.9	703,482	35.2	6,668,910	35.0

Of people in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas) aged 15 years and over, 39.1% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status People aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Registered marriage	9,725	38.6	835,938	48.4	8,001,141	47.7
De facto marriage	3,490	13.9	201,709	11.7	1,751,731	10.4
Not married	11,954	47.5	688,868	39.9	7,024,973	41.9

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.9% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Preschool	318	2.8	30,247	3.9	347,621	4.8
Primary - Government	1,211	10.6	144,988	18.9	1,314,787	18.2
Primary - Catholic	474	4.1	36,865	4.8	380,604	5.3
Primary - other non Government	223	1.9	28,046	3.7	231,490	3.2
Secondary - Government	576	5.0	88,176	11.5	827,505	11.5
Secondary - Catholic	484	4.2	34,065	4.4	338,384	4.7
Secondary - other non Government	181	1.6	34,773	4.5	280,618	3.9
Technical or further education institution	932	8.1	46,835	6.1	424,869	5.9
University or tertiary institution	3,214	28.0	106,811	13.9	1,160,626	16.1
Other	426	3.7	18,547	2.4	198,383	2.8
Not stated	3,436	29.9	197,644	25.8	1,707,023	23.7

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.6% were in primary school, 10.8% in secondary school and 36.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Bachelor Degree level and above	9,370	31.0	410,272	20.5	4,181,406	22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	2,843	9.4	177,631	8.9	1,687,893	8.9
Certificate level IV	780	2.6	62,656	3.1	551,767	2.9
Certificate level III	2,771	9.2	279,448	14.0	2,442,203	12.8
Year 12	5,216	17.2	318,674	16.0	2,994,097	15.7
Year 11	1,013	3.3	107,858	5.4	941,531	4.9
Year 10	2,014	6.7	235,001	11.8	2,054,331	10.8
Certificate level II	7	0.0	940	0.0	13,454	0.1
Certificate level I	0	0.0	209	0.0	2,176	0.0
Year 9 or below	1,273	4.2	117,996	5.9	1,529,897	8.0
No educational attainment	177	0.6	10,572	0.5	145,844	0.8
Not stated	4,090	13.5	220,701	11.0	1,974,794	10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 17.2% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 11.7% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.4% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

2011 benchmarks are not available for this data item.

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People — cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Australia	17,839	51.0	1,492,842	60.3	15,614,835	66.7
Other top responses

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Both parents born overseas	16,637	47.5	1,001,150	40.5	8,051,196	34.4
Father only born overseas	2,429	6.9	184,890	7.5	1,488,092	6.4
Mother only born overseas	1,917	5.5	144,217	5.8	1,094,591	4.7
Both parents born in Australia	10,247	29.3	947,977	38.3	11,070,538	47.3

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 29.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

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Religious affiliation, top responses	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

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Language, top responses (other than English)	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

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People — employment

Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Worked full-time	11,084	57.9	715,287	57.0	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	5,527	28.9	376,590	30.0	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	882	4.6	65,859	5.2	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	1,655	8.6	97,966	7.8	787,452	6.9

There were 19,148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas). Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked Employed people aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
1-15 hours per week	1,938	11.1	138,263	11.9	1,218,823	11.4
16-24 hours per week	1,914	10.9	114,814	9.9	1,079,236	10.1
25-34 hours per week	1,677	9.6	123,517	10.7	1,193,445	11.2
35-39 hours per week	3,284	18.8	198,785	17.2	2,031,263	19.0
40 hours or more per week	7,805	44.6	516,501	44.6	4,591,801	43.0

Of employed people in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation Employed people aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

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Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Personal	766	--	724	--	662	--
Family	1,998	--	1,910	--	1,734	--
Household	1,554	--	1,595	--	1,438	--

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas) was $766.

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Travel to work, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	19,923	65.8	1,387,280	69.4	13,143,914	69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	6,320	20.9	568,406	28.5	5,259,400	27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	2,436	8.0	196,328	9.8	2,145,203	11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	5,399	17.8	379,578	19.0	3,620,726	19.0

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% 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, 17.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours People aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Less than 5 hours per week	7,632	25.2	447,726	22.4	4,298,593	22.6
5 to 14 hours per week	7,770	25.7	521,733	26.1	4,944,578	26.0
15 to 29 hours per week	2,561	8.5	228,248	11.4	2,189,776	11.5
30 hours or more per week	1,961	6.5	189,571	9.5	1,710,970	9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families — family composition

Family composition	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Couple family without children	3,859	46.8	247,841	38.5	2,291,987	37.8
Couple family with children	3,022	36.6	292,133	45.3	2,716,224	44.7
One parent family	1,035	12.5	93,344	14.5	959,543	15.8
Other family	334	4.0	10,869	1.7	102,559	1.7

Of the families in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 36.6% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Male	--	18.9	--	18.3	--	18.2
Female	--	81.1	--	81.7	--	81.8

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

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Families — employment status of couple families

Employment status of parents in couple families Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Both employed, worked full-time	1,692	24.6	106,951	19.8	1,084,006	21.6
Both employed, worked part-time	352	5.1	22,177	4.1	203,596	4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time	1,410	20.5	119,913	22.2	1,086,460	21.7
One employed full-time, other not working	1,141	16.6	88,558	16.4	749,886	15.0
One employed part-time, other not working	415	6.0	31,917	5.9	302,037	6.0
Both not working	889	12.9	93,686	17.4	1,006,697	20.1
Other (includes away from work)	390	5.7	29,973	5.6	264,145	5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family)	580	8.4	46,793	8.7	311,381	6.2

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings — dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings	13,579	86.2	866,767	86.7	8,286,073	88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings	2,177	13.8	132,874	13.3	1,039,874	11.2

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure Occupied private dwellings	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Separate house	7,320	53.9	685,824	79.1	6,041,788	72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc	3,645	26.8	122,562	14.1	1,055,016	12.7
Flat or apartment	2,542	18.7	49,086	5.7	1,087,434	13.1
Other dwelling	19	0.1	6,314	0.7	64,425	0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 53.9% were separate houses, 26.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.7% were flat or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms Occupied private dwellings	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
None (includes bedsitters)	104	0.8	2,452	0.3	39,769	0.5
1 bedroom	1,370	10.1	30,043	3.5	411,252	5.0
2 bedrooms	3,154	23.2	107,035	12.3	1,562,759	18.9
3 bedrooms	6,315	46.5	327,662	37.8	3,403,190	41.1
4 or more bedrooms	2,273	16.7	381,319	44.0	2,670,758	32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated	361	2.7	18,272	2.1	198,351	2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling	2.7	--	3.3	--	3.1	--
Average number of people per household	2.3	--	2.6	--	2.6	--

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), of occupied private dwellings 10.1% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

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Tenure Occupied private dwellings	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Owned outright	2,818	20.8	247,050	28.5	2,565,695	31.0
Owned with a mortgage	4,003	29.5	344,014	39.7	2,855,222	34.5
Rented	6,058	44.6	245,705	28.3	2,561,302	30.9
Other tenure type	298	2.2	9,181	1.1	78,994	1.0
Tenure type not stated	396	2.9	20,823	2.4	224,869	2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 20.8% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 44.6% were rented.

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Dwellings — household composition

Household composition	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Family households	8,120	59.8	629,882	72.7	5,907,625	71.3
Single (or lone) person households	4,277	31.5	204,202	23.6	2,023,542	24.4
Group households	1,182	8.7	32,692	3.8	354,917	4.3

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), of all households, 59.8% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 8.7% were group households.

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Household income	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Less than $650 gross weekly income	--	21.3	--	18.3	--	20.0
More than $3000 gross weekly income	--	19.7	--	19.2	--	16.4

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 19.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Dwellings — mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Median rent	351	--	347	--	335	--
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income	--	83.8	--	90.3	--	88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	16.2	--	9.7	--	11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Median mortgage repayments	2,037	--	1,993	--	1,755	--
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income	--	94.3	--	91.4	--	92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	5.7	--	8.6	--	7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Dwellings — number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
None	1,249	9.2	42,620	4.9	623,829	7.5
1 motor vehicle	5,548	40.9	274,198	31.6	2,881,485	34.8
2 motor vehicles	4,598	33.9	337,355	38.9	2,999,184	36.2
3 or more vehicles	1,701	12.5	186,678	21.5	1,496,382	18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated	483	3.6	25,934	3.0	285,197	3.4

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Dwellings — internet connection

Dwelling internet connection	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Internet not accessed from dwelling	1,736	12.8	108,489	12.5	1,172,415	14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling	11,446	84.3	737,659	85.1	6,892,165	83.2
Not stated	401	3.0	20,625	2.4	221,494	2.7

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 84.3% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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People characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples

People characteristics Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Male	256	49.1	38,027	50.0	322,171	49.6
Female	265	50.9	37,959	50.0	326,996	50.4
Median age	29	--	23	--	23	--

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), 49.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 50.9% were female. The median age was 29 years.

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Dwelling characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Average number of people per household	2.6	--	3.3	--	3.2	--
Average number of persons per bedroom	0.9	--	1	--	1	--
Median weekly household income	1,054	--	1,210	--	1,203	--

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,054.

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Mortgage and rent Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Victoria Park (T)	%	Western Australia	%	Australia	%
Median weekly rent	260	--	216	--	250	--
Median monthly mortgage repayments	2,000	--	1,830	--	1,660	--

In Victoria Park (T) (Local Government Areas), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.

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