Grass Patch Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Grass Patch (6446) is a suburb of South East & Central, Goldfields, Western Australia. It is about 567 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Grass Patch is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Grass Patch was 492 and is comprised of approximately 46.3% females and 53.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Grass Patch is 29 years of age.

84.1% of people living in the suburb of Grass Patch were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.8% New Zealand, 1.8% South Africa, 1.0% Zimbabwe, 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% England, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% Belgium.

90.0% of people living in Grass Patch speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.3% Other.

The religious makeup of Grass Patch is 29.8% No religion, 17.0% Anglican, 14.6% Catholic, 11.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.3% Christian, nfd, 5.5% Uniting Church, 4.0% Lutheran, 3.4% Pentecostal, 2.0% Baptist, 1.2% Presbyterian and Reformed.

64.3% of people are married, 28.4% have never married and 4.6% are divorced and 1.7% are separated. There are 3 widowed people living in Grass Patch.

68.7% of the people living in Grass Patch over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.2% are working on a part time basis. Grass Patch has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Grass Patch are 62.9% Managers, 11.8% Labourers, 9.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.6% Community & personal service workers, 4.2% Technicians & trades workers, 4.2% Professionals, 3.0% Clerical & administrative workers.

The main industries people from Grass Patch work in are 71.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.5% Education and training, 5.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.4% Wholesale trade, 2.5% Inadequately described/Not stated, 2.5% Manufacturing, 2.1% Health care and social assistance, 1.7% Construction, 1.7% Electricity, gas, water and waste services.

49.3% of homes are fully owned, and 16.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $678 per week and the median household income is $1312 per week.

The median rent in Grass Patch is $0 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $650 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Grass Patch postcode 6446