Casterton Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Casterton (3311) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Grampians, Victoria. It is about 315 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Casterton is in the federal electorate of Wannon.

In the 2011 census the population of Casterton was 1,764 and is comprised of approximately 51.4% females and 48.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Casterton is 51 years of age.

88.5% of people living in the suburb of Casterton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% South Africa.

94.3% of people living in Casterton speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Indonesian, 0.2% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Casterton is 27.2% Catholic, 21.3% Anglican, 19.9% No religion, 14.3% Uniting Church, 8.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Lutheran, 0.5% Christian, nfd, 0.3% Salvation Army, 0.3% Pentecostal.

52.5% of people are married, 25.1% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 174 widowed people living in Casterton.

51.2% of the people living in Casterton over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 35.3% are working on a part time basis. Casterton has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Casterton are 17.0% Managers, 15.1% Professionals, 15.1% Labourers, 12.4% Technicians & trades workers, 10.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.7% Community & personal service workers, 9.6% Sales workers, 8.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Casterton work in are 18.0% Health care and social assistance, 15.0% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.7% Retail trade, 10.0% Education and training, 6.6% Public administration and safety, 6.4% Construction, 6.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.1% Manufacturing, 4.6% Accommodation and food services.

52.2% of homes are fully owned, and 26.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $377 per week and the median household income is $666 per week.

The median rent in Casterton is $110 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $780 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Casterton postcode 3311