Caversham Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Caversham (6055) is a suburb of Perth, Eastern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 14 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Caversham is in the federal electorate of Hasluck.

In the 2011 census the population of Caversham was 2,694 and is comprised of approximately 49.5% females and 50.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Caversham is 34 years of age.

66.5% of people living in the suburb of Caversham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% England, 3.8% New Zealand, 2.4% India, 1.6% Philippines, 1.3% Scotland, 1.3% Croatia, 1.2% South Africa, 1.0% Vietnam, 0.8% Malaysia, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% Singapore, 0.4% Burma , 0.4% Kenya, 0.4% Poland.

81.7% of people living in Caversham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Other, 1.6% Croatian, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.2% Italian, 0.9% Tagalog, 0.8% Filipino , 0.6% Arabic, 0.5% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Caversham is 29.6% Catholic, 23.5% No religion, 17.7% Anglican, 7.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Pentecostal, 2.1% Buddhism, 1.9% Baptist, 1.8% Uniting Church, 1.7% Presbyterian and Reformed.

48.3% of people are married, 35.3% have never married and 9.1% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 77 widowed people living in Caversham.

61.3% of the people living in Caversham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.4% are working on a part time basis. Caversham has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Caversham are 18.7% Technicians & trades workers, 16.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.5% Professionals, 11.3% Managers, 11.2% Labourers, 9.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.1% Sales workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Caversham work in are 12.9% Retail trade, 10.7% Manufacturing, 10.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.0% Construction, 6.8% Education and training, 5.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Wholesale trade, 4.7% Other services.

27.2% of homes are fully owned, and 50.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $666 per week and the median household income is $1400 per week.

The median rent in Caversham is $290 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1842 per month.

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