Sturt Creek Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Sturt Creek (6770) is a suburb of Northern, Kimberley/North, Western Australia. It is about 1881 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Sturt Creek is in the federal electorate of Durack.

In the 2011 census the population of Sturt Creek was 591 and is comprised of approximately 52.3% females and 47.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sturt Creek is 20 years of age.

99.2% of people living in the suburb of Sturt Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth wer.

71.7% of people living in Sturt Creek speak Australian Indigenous Languages . The other top languages spoken are 26.8% English only, 1.5% Language spoken at home not stated.

The religious makeup of Sturt Creek is 66.7% Catholic, 16.7% Pentecostal, 9.3% No religion, 3.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 1.2% Baptist, 0.8% Christian, nfd, 0.7% Uniting Church, 0.5% Other religious affiliation , 0.5% Anglican, 0.5% Other Protestant.

38.2% of people are married, 49.0% have never married and 5.9% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 15 widowed people living in Sturt Creek.

35.3% of the people living in Sturt Creek 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. Sturt Creek has an unemployment rate of 20.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Sturt Creek are 24.1% Professionals, 21.7% Labourers, 20.5% Community & personal service workers, 15.7% Managers, 7.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 7.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 3.6% Technicians & trades workers.

The main industries people from Sturt Creek work in are 38.6% Education and training, 16.9% Other services, 15.7% Administrative and support services, 7.2% Health care and social assistance, 7.2% Arts and recreation services, 7.2% Retail trade, 3.6% Inadequately described/Not stated, 3.6% Public administration and safety.

0.0% of homes are fully owned, and 2.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 93.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $265 per week and the median household income is $758 per week.

The median rent in Sturt Creek is $50 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $108 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Sturt Creek postcode 6770