Tarcoola Beach Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Tarcoola Beach (6530) is a suburb of South East & Central, Mid West, Western Australia. It is about 370 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Tarcoola Beach is in the federal electorate of Durack.

In the 2011 census the population of Tarcoola Beach was 1,373 and is comprised of approximately 49.5% females and 50.5% males.

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

78.2% of people living in the suburb of Tarcoola Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.1% England, 3.1% New Zealand, 2.3% South Africa, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Philippines, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% Sweden, 0.5% India, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Thailand.

91.6% of people living in Tarcoola Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Other, 0.8% Filipino , 0.8% Italian, 0.5% Thai, 0.4% Other , 0.3% Hindi, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Tarcoola Beach is 31.4% Catholic, 22.1% No religion, 21.8% Anglican, 6.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Lutheran, 1.0% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal.

57.6% of people are married, 28.3% have never married and 7.1% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 36 widowed people living in Tarcoola Beach.

59.6% of the people living in Tarcoola Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.3% are working on a part time basis. Tarcoola Beach has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Tarcoola Beach are 21.2% Professionals, 16.2% Technicians & trades workers, 15.3% Managers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.8% Sales workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Labourers, 6.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Tarcoola Beach work in are 12.4% Education and training, 11.8% Health care and social assistance, 11.0% Retail trade, 9.4% Construction, 7.5% Public administration and safety, 6.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.0% Accommodation and food services, 3.9% Wholesale trade.

39.3% of homes are fully owned, and 28.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $822 per week and the median household income is $1829 per week.

The median rent in Tarcoola Beach is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1907 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Tarcoola Beach postcode 6530