Broadwood Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Broadwood (6430) is a suburb of South East & Central, Goldfields, Western Australia. It is about 547 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Broadwood is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Broadwood was 810 and is comprised of approximately 48.6% females and 51.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Broadwood is 30 years of age.

78.9% of people living in the suburb of Broadwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% New Zealand, 3.3% South Africa, 3.1% England, 1.4% Zimbabwe, 1.0% Samoa, 1.0% India, 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.6% Zambia, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% United States of America.

89.4% of people living in Broadwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.0% Other, 0.5% Hindi, 0.5% Thai, 0.5% Samoan, 0.4% Other.

The religious makeup of Broadwood is 31.4% Catholic, 22.8% No religion, 21.5% Anglican, 6.0% Christian, nfd, 5.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.3% Uniting Church, 3.0% Baptist, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Eastern Orthodox, 0.9% Pentecostal.

65.1% of people are married, 30.0% have never married and 2.7% are divorced and 1.6% are separated. There are 3 widowed people living in Broadwood.

75.3% of the people living in Broadwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 19.3% are working on a part time basis. Broadwood has an unemployment rate of 2.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Broadwood are 19.5% Managers, 18.5% Technicians & trades workers, 16.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.2% Professionals, 10.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.1% Sales workers, 7.1% Community & personal service workers, 5.3% Labourers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Broadwood work in are 19.9% Mining, 12.6% Construction, 9.6% Retail trade, 8.0% Other services, 7.1% Education and training, 6.6% Manufacturing, 5.7% Public administration and safety, 4.8% Health care and social assistance, 4.6% Transport, postal and warehousing.

17.0% of homes are fully owned, and 59.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1210 per week and the median household income is $2947 per week.

The median rent in Broadwood is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $3200 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Broadwood postcode 6430