Boddington Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Boddington (6390) is a suburb of South Western, Heartlands, Western Australia. It is about 111 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Boddington is in the federal electorate of Canning.

In the 2011 census the population of Boddington was 1,908 and is comprised of approximately 36.1% females and 63.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Boddington is 38 years of age.

64.4% of people living in the suburb of Boddington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.6% New Zealand, 3.9% England, 1.8% Indonesia, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Namibia, 0.3% Burma , 0.3% Austria, 0.3% Zimbabwe.

77.1% of people living in Boddington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 17.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Indonesian, 1.2% Other, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% French, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Japanese, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% German.

The religious makeup of Boddington is 26.8% No religion, 20.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 20.3% Anglican, 18.4% Catholic, 2.5% Uniting Church, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Islam, 1.0% Baptist, 1.0% Other religious affiliation .

49.7% of people are married, 35.4% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 4.1% are separated. There are 40 widowed people living in Boddington.

73.1% of the people living in Boddington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 16.0% are working on a part time basis. Boddington has an unemployment rate of 2.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Boddington are 25.8% Technicians & trades workers, 20.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 13.0% Professionals, 10.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.1% Labourers, 9.6% Managers, 6.2% Community & personal service workers, 2.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.7% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Boddington work in are 42.1% Mining, 14.1% Construction, 5.4% Manufacturing, 5.4% Accommodation and food services, 4.2% Education and training, 4.2% Health care and social assistance, 3.9% Other services, 3.7% Public administration and safety, 3.2% Professional, scientific and technical services.

25.6% of homes are fully owned, and 35.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1314 per week and the median household income is $1908 per week.

The median rent in Boddington is $224 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2080 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Boddington postcode 6390