Spencer Park Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Spencer Park (6330) is a suburb of South Western, Great Southern, Western Australia. It is about 389 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Spencer Park is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Spencer Park was 3,321 and is comprised of approximately 54.0% females and 46.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Spencer Park is 43 years of age.

74.0% of people living in the suburb of Spencer Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.9% England, 2.4% New Zealand, 2.2% Philippines, 1.1% Scotland, 1.1% Germany, 0.9% Netherlands, 0.8% Italy, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% India, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.4% Poland, 0.3% Jersey, 0.2% Russian Federation.

89.8% of people living in Spencer Park speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.2% Italian, 1.1% Other, 0.8% Filipino , 0.5% German, 0.4% Dutch, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Indonesian.

The religious makeup of Spencer Park is 28.6% No religion, 20.6% Anglican, 17.1% Catholic, 8.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.3% Uniting Church, 4.3% Baptist, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Other religious affiliation .

45.4% of people are married, 29.0% have never married and 10.9% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 310 widowed people living in Spencer Park.

55.2% of the people living in Spencer Park over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.0% are working on a part time basis. Spencer Park has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Spencer Park are 17.7% Technicians & trades workers, 17.7% Professionals, 12.4% Labourers, 12.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Sales workers, 10.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.2% Managers, 6.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Spencer Park work in are 15.4% Health care and social assistance, 13.2% Retail trade, 9.4% Construction, 8.5% Education and training, 8.1% Manufacturing, 7.6% Public administration and safety, 6.5% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.0% Professional, scientific and technical services.

31.2% of homes are fully owned, and 22.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 42.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $458 per week and the median household income is $797 per week.

The median rent in Spencer Park is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1389 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Spencer Park postcode 6330