Western Australia 2011 Census.
Population of Western Australia in 2011.
2,239,170 People
1,126,178 Male
1,112,992 Female
36 years is the Median age
There were 585,310 Families
There were 793,471 occupied private dwellings
Ancestry of Population – Top 5.
29.0 % English
24.8 % Australian
6.4 % Irish
6.4 % Scottish
3.8 % Italian
Housing Statistics in Western Australia.
80.4 % of dwellings are separate houses (detached)
39.3 % have 3 bedrooms
42 % have 4 or more bedrooms
29.5 % are owned without a mortgage
37.8 % are owned with a mortgage
29.2 % are rented
72.2 % are family households
23.8 % are single (or lone) person households
91.1 % have rent payments less than 30% of household income
8.9 % have rent payments 30% or more of household income
89.8 % have mortgage payments less than 30% of household income
10.2 % have mortgage payments 30% or more of household income
Rent / Mortgage payments in Western Australia.
$ 300 Median Weekly rent payment
$ 450 Median Weekly Mortgage payment ($ 1,950 per month)
$ 1,415 Weekly Household Income
Employment / Income Statistics in Western Australia.
Median weekly incomes in Western Australia for People aged 15 years and over
$ 662 Personal Income
$ 1,722 Family Income
$ 1,415 Median Household Income all Households
$ 2,257 Weekly Household Income for couple families with children, with two incomes.
$ 2,497 Weekly Household Income for couple families without children, with two incomes
21.1 % of over 15’s have less than $600 gross weekly income
14.1 % of over 15’s have more than $3,000 gross weekly income
64.8 % of over 15’s have between $600 and $3,000 gross weekly income
60.7 % Worked full time
28.1 % Worked part-time
48 % Worked 40 hours or more per week
Motor vehicles in Western Australia in 2011.
Number of motor vehicles per dwelling
32.6 % of households have 1 motor vehicle
38.5 % of households have 2 motor vehicles
20 % of households have 3 or more vehicles
Source: www.censusdata.abs.gov.au