Castletown Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Castletown (6450) is a suburb of South East & Central, Goldfields, Western Australia. It is about 602 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Castletown is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Castletown was 3,816 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

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

78.0% of people living in the suburb of Castletown were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% England, 2.6% New Zealand, 1.5% South Africa, 0.8% Scotland, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Germany, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.2% Taiwan, 0.1% Belgium, 0.1% Denmark, 0.1% Canada, 0.1% Wales, 0.1% Italy.

87.2% of people living in Castletown speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Other, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Filipino , 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Thai, 0.1% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.1% German.

The religious makeup of Castletown is 30.6% No religion, 18.3% Anglican, 15.6% Catholic, 13.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.4% Uniting Church, 4.8% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Pentecostal, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Baptist, 1.4% Lutheran.

54.6% of people are married, 30.0% have never married and 7.7% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 150 widowed people living in Castletown.

57.4% of the people living in Castletown over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.3% are working on a part time basis. Castletown has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Castletown are 17.6% Technicians & trades workers, 14.2% Professionals, 12.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.5% Labourers, 11.5% Managers, 10.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.0% Sales workers, 9.7% Community & personal service workers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Castletown work in are 11.3% Retail trade, 10.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 9.6% Education and training, 8.8% Construction, 8.4% Health care and social assistance, 6.7% Accommodation and food services, 6.6% Public administration and safety, 5.9% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.6% Manufacturing.

31.6% of homes are fully owned, and 34.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 32.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $632 per week and the median household income is $1338 per week.

The median rent in Castletown is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1780 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Castletown postcode 6450