North Lake Demographics (WA) Local Stats

North Lake (6163) is a suburb of Perth, Southern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 14 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. North Lake is in the federal electorate of Fremantle.

In the 2011 census the population of North Lake was 1,264 and is comprised of approximately 52.5% females and 47.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of North Lake is 39 years of age.

62.5% of people living in the suburb of North Lake were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% England, 4.0% Malaysia, 2.5% Singapore, 2.5% India, 1.8% South Africa, 1.3% Scotland, 1.3% New Zealand, 1.2% Indonesia, 1.1% China , 1.1% Netherlands, 1.0% Zimbabwe, 0.9% Brunei Darussalam, 0.9% Hong Kong , 0.8% Portugal.

77.9% of people living in North Lake speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.1% Mandarin, 2.7% Cantonese, 2.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Indonesian, 1.3% Italian, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.3% Other, 0.9% Croatian, 0.7% Other.

The religious makeup of North Lake is 29.9% Catholic, 25.4% No religion, 17.4% Anglican, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Buddhism, 3.4% Uniting Church, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 1.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Islam, 1.4% Pentecostal.

52.8% of people are married, 33.5% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 34 widowed people living in North Lake.

59.4% of the people living in North Lake over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.3% are working on a part time basis. North Lake has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in North Lake are 25.2% Professionals, 17.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.7% Technicians & trades workers, 13.0% Managers, 9.7% Sales workers, 9.0% Community & personal service workers, 5.6% Labourers, 4.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from North Lake work in are 13.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Retail trade, 10.4% Construction, 9.7% Education and training, 9.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.3% Public administration and safety, 5.4% Accommodation and food services, 5.3% Manufacturing, 4.1% Transport, postal and warehousing.

38.7% of homes are fully owned, and 47.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $756 per week and the median household income is $2078 per week.

The median rent in North Lake is $390 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1974 per month.

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