Coolgardie Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Coolgardie (6429) is a suburb of South East & Central, Mid West, Western Australia. It is about 515 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Coolgardie is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Coolgardie was 954 and is comprised of approximately 46.9% females and 53.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Coolgardie is 39 years of age.

70.4% of people living in the suburb of Coolgardie were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.4% New Zealand, 2.3% England, 1.1% Papua New Guinea, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% Zambia, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% Singapore, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% India, 0.4% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Philippines.

80.1% of people living in Coolgardie speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 14.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Other, 1.0% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.8% German, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% French, 0.3% Other , 0.3% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Coolgardie is 24.9% No religion, 20.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 14.3% Catholic, 14.0% Anglican, 6.7% Uniting Church, 4.1% Baptist, 2.7% Churches of Christ, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Pentecostal.

38.2% of people are married, 39.4% have never married and 12.2% are divorced and 5.3% are separated. There are 36 widowed people living in Coolgardie.

65.6% of the people living in Coolgardie over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 19.9% are working on a part time basis. Coolgardie has an unemployment rate of 8.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Coolgardie are 25.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 19.4% Technicians & trades workers, 13.1% Labourers, 10.2% Community & personal service workers, 9.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.9% Managers, 7.6% Professionals, 4.2% Sales workers, 2.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Coolgardie work in are 23.9% Mining, 10.8% Public administration and safety, 9.7% Retail trade, 8.4% Construction, 7.9% Education and training, 7.1% Health care and social assistance, 6.3% Inadequately described/Not stated, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Manufacturing.

25.5% of homes are fully owned, and 36.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $551 per week and the median household income is $1177 per week.

The median rent in Coolgardie is $120 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $867 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Coolgardie postcode 6429