Gawler West Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Gawler West (5118) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 38 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Gawler West is in the federal electorate of Wakefield.

In the 2011 census the population of Gawler West was 1,003 and is comprised of approximately 52.7% females and 47.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gawler West is 37 years of age.

78.2% of people living in the suburb of Gawler West were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.2% England, 1.0% Germany, 1.0% Philippines, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% India, 0.5% Bangladesh, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Netherlands.

88.9% of people living in Gawler West speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Italian, 0.6% Bengali, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Macedonian, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% Filipino , 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% German.

The religious makeup of Gawler West is 33.2% No religion, 14.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 14.2% Anglican, 13.4% Catholic, 6.8% Uniting Church, 5.8% Lutheran, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Baptist, 1.4% Jehovah's Witnesses.

34.5% of people are married, 38.7% have never married and 16.0% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 51 widowed people living in Gawler West.

49.2% of the people living in Gawler West over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 37.0% are working on a part time basis. Gawler West has an unemployment rate of 9.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Gawler West are 18.3% Technicians & trades workers, 15.1% Labourers, 15.1% Community & personal service workers, 11.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.2% Professionals, 10.2% Sales workers, 9.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.8% Managers, 2.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gawler West work in are 16.0% Health care and social assistance, 13.1% Retail trade, 12.8% Manufacturing, 10.5% Construction, 9.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.4% Education and training, 4.1% Wholesale trade, 3.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.2% Administrative and support services.

16.7% of homes are fully owned, and 30.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 47.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $395 per week and the median household income is $644 per week.

The median rent in Gawler West is $158 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1040 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Gawler West postcode 5118