Gosnells Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Gosnells (6110) is a suburb of Perth, Southern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 19 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Gosnells is in the federal electorate of Hasluck.

In the 2011 census the population of Gosnells was 19,169 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gosnells is 35 years of age.

60.8% of people living in the suburb of Gosnells were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.2% England, 4.1% New Zealand, 2.5% India, 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% Burma , 0.8% Philippines, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.7% Malaysia, 0.6% China , 0.5% Thailand, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Indonesia, 0.4% Ireland.

78.5% of people living in Gosnells speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.4% Other, 0.7% Mandarin, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Other , 0.5% Punjabi, 0.4% Indonesian, 0.4% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Gosnells is 25.4% No religion, 19.1% Catholic, 18.6% Anglican, 12.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Christian, nfd, 3.3% Islam, 2.3% Baptist, 2.3% Uniting Church, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Other religious affiliation .

42.5% of people are married, 36.5% have never married and 10.5% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 1067 widowed people living in Gosnells.

60.7% of the people living in Gosnells over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.2% are working on a part time basis. Gosnells has an unemployment rate of 6.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Gosnells are 19.2% Technicians & trades workers, 15.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.6% Labourers, 13.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.8% Community & personal service workers, 9.4% Professionals, 9.3% Sales workers, 6.9% Managers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gosnells work in are 12.6% Manufacturing, 11.7% Retail trade, 10.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.3% Construction, 7.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 5.5% Education and training, 5.4% Wholesale trade, 5.2% Accommodation and food services.

26.8% of homes are fully owned, and 38.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $550 per week and the median household income is $1051 per week.

The median rent in Gosnells is $290 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1603 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Gosnells postcode 6110