Atwell Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Atwell (6164) is a suburb of Perth, Southern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 20 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Atwell is in the federal electorate of Fremantle.

In the 2011 census the population of Atwell was 8,646 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Atwell is 32 years of age.

66.3% of people living in the suburb of Atwell were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.9% England, 3.2% New Zealand, 2.5% South Africa, 1.6% Malaysia, 1.2% China , 1.2% India, 1.1% Singapore, 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% Indonesia, 0.7% Philippines, 0.4% Korea, Republic of , 0.4% Portugal, 0.4% Poland, 0.4% Italy.

82.1% of people living in Atwell speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.7% Mandarin, 1.9% Other, 0.8% Indonesian, 0.8% Cantonese, 0.8% Spanish, 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Atwell is 28.0% No religion, 25.8% Catholic, 19.4% Anglican, 6.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 2.7% Uniting Church, 2.6% Baptist, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Buddhism, 1.6% Pentecostal.

60.1% of people are married, 29.3% have never married and 6.5% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 94 widowed people living in Atwell.

62.4% of the people living in Atwell over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.2% are working on a part time basis. Atwell has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Atwell are 20.3% Professionals, 17.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.9% Technicians & trades workers, 12.9% Managers, 8.9% Sales workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 6.7% Labourers, 6.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Atwell work in are 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 10.6% Construction, 10.2% Retail trade, 9.9% Manufacturing, 8.3% Education and training, 7.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.0% Mining.

15.9% of homes are fully owned, and 63.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $848 per week and the median household income is $2005 per week.

The median rent in Atwell is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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