Esperance Demographics (WA) Local Stats

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

In the 2011 census the population of Esperance was 2,087 and is comprised of approximately 53.2% females and 46.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Esperance is 48 years of age.

75.0% of people living in the suburb of Esperance were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.8% England, 3.4% New Zealand, 1.2% Scotland, 0.9% South Africa, 0.8% Zimbabwe, 0.7% Vietnam, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% Germany, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Cook Islands, 0.2% Kenya, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Malaysia.

89.3% of people living in Esperance speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Other, 0.6% Vietnamese, 0.6% German, 0.3% Other, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Macedonian, 0.1% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Esperance is 27.8% No religion, 20.6% Anglican, 17.0% Catholic, 11.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 3.9% Christian, nfd, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Jehovah's Witnesses, 2.1% Baptist, 2.0% Lutheran.

39.4% of people are married, 32.6% have never married and 10.8% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 238 widowed people living in Esperance.

53.1% of the people living in Esperance over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.9% are working on a part time basis. Esperance has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Esperance are 17.1% Technicians & trades workers, 15.2% Labourers, 14.3% Professionals, 12.1% Managers, 12.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.8% Community & personal service workers, 9.4% Sales workers, 7.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Esperance work in are 12.5% Health care and social assistance, 11.6% Retail trade, 11.5% Accommodation and food services, 9.5% Transport, postal and warehousing, 9.2% Construction, 7.5% Education and training, 5.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.7% Public administration and safety, 3.8% Other services.

31.6% of homes are fully owned, and 16.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 48.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $521 per week and the median household income is $780 per week.

The median rent in Esperance is $170 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1361 per month.

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