Lamington Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Lamington (6430) is a suburb of South East & Central, Goldfields, Western Australia. It is about 549 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Lamington is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Lamington was 2,278 and is comprised of approximately 50.0% females and 50.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lamington is 31 years of age.

73.1% of people living in the suburb of Lamington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.1% New Zealand, 3.7% England, 2.1% South Africa, 1.3% Zimbabwe, 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% Papua New Guinea, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Indonesia, 0.4% Nigeria, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% India, 0.3% Chile, 0.3% Germany.

86.9% of people living in Lamington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.3% Other, 0.6% Croatian, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Turkish, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% French, 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Lamington is 28.8% Catholic, 27.6% No religion, 15.2% Anglican, 9.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Uniting Church, 3.6% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Baptist, 1.0% Other religious affiliation , 0.9% Hinduism.

53.3% of people are married, 36.2% have never married and 5.0% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 41 widowed people living in Lamington.

70.2% of the people living in Lamington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 19.5% are working on a part time basis. Lamington has an unemployment rate of 2.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Lamington are 23.7% Technicians & trades workers, 17.8% Professionals, 13.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.6% Managers, 8.1% Sales workers, 7.1% Community & personal service workers, 6.3% Labourers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lamington work in are 22.1% Mining, 8.9% Health care and social assistance, 8.9% Retail trade, 8.7% Construction, 7.2% Education and training, 6.5% Manufacturing, 5.8% Other services, 5.1% Public administration and safety, 4.5% Professional, scientific and technical services.

19.1% of homes are fully owned, and 47.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1005 per week and the median household income is $2474 per week.

The median rent in Lamington is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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