Peppermint Grove Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Peppermint Grove (6011) is a suburb of Perth, Coastal Strip, Western Australia. It is about 10 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Peppermint Grove is in the federal electorate of Curtin.

In the 2011 census the population of Peppermint Grove was 1,529 and is comprised of approximately 55.1% females and 44.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Peppermint Grove is 40 years of age.

67.5% of people living in the suburb of Peppermint Grove were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.7% England, 2.3% South Africa, 1.4% United States of America, 1.2% Singapore, 0.9% Malaysia, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% Canada, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Indonesia, 0.4% China .

83.7% of people living in Peppermint Grove speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% French, 0.7% Other, 0.7% Greek, 0.7% Croatian, 0.5% Dutch, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Peppermint Grove is 33.6% Anglican, 21.6% Catholic, 19.6% No religion, 9.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.7% Uniting Church, 1.6% Eastern Orthodox, 1.0% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Judaism, 0.7% Buddhism.

55.5% of people are married, 35.0% have never married and 4.4% are divorced and 1.2% are separated. There are 49 widowed people living in Peppermint Grove.

52.2% of the people living in Peppermint Grove over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 38.8% are working on a part time basis. Peppermint Grove has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Peppermint Grove are 41.2% Professionals, 23.0% Managers, 9.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.8% Sales workers, 7.3% Community & personal service workers, 4.6% Technicians & trades workers, 3.3% Labourers, 2.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 0.7% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Peppermint Grove work in are 15.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.3% Health care and social assistance, 10.3% Retail trade, 8.1% Education and training, 6.6% Financial and insurance services, 6.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.5% Mining, 5.1% Wholesale trade, 4.6% Manufacturing.

50.5% of homes are fully owned, and 24.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1029 per week and the median household income is $2682 per week.

The median rent in Peppermint Grove is $440 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2113 per month.

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