Coolbellup Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Coolbellup (6163) is a suburb of Perth, Southern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 15 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Coolbellup is in the federal electorate of Fremantle.

In the 2011 census the population of Coolbellup was 4,917 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Coolbellup is 36 years of age.

66.4% of people living in the suburb of Coolbellup were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.4% England, 2.4% New Zealand, 1.4% Philippines, 1.2% Scotland, 0.7% India, 0.7% Malaysia, 0.6% Singapore, 0.6% United States of America, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% El Salvador, 0.6% Portugal, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Indonesia, 0.5% France.

80.9% of people living in Coolbellup speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.1% Other, 1.0% Spanish, 1.0% French, 0.9% Italian, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.8% Portuguese, 0.6% Tagalog, 0.6% Other .

The religious makeup of Coolbellup is 32.7% No religion, 21.8% Catholic, 16.6% Anglican, 9.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.5% Uniting Church, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Baptist, 1.4% Buddhism, 1.4% Islam.

33.9% of people are married, 42.6% have never married and 13.4% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 257 widowed people living in Coolbellup.

58.0% of the people living in Coolbellup over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.3% are working on a part time basis. Coolbellup has an unemployment rate of 7.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Coolbellup are 18.7% Professionals, 17.9% Technicians & trades workers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.3% Labourers, 11.1% Community & personal service workers, 9.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.0% Sales workers, 6.9% Managers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Coolbellup work in are 13.6% Health care and social assistance, 10.9% Manufacturing, 9.5% Retail trade, 9.5% Construction, 9.3% Education and training, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services.

22.9% of homes are fully owned, and 37.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $544 per week and the median household income is $982 per week.

The median rent in Coolbellup is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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