Bickley Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Bickley (6076) is a suburb of South Western, Heartlands, Western Australia. It is about 22 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Bickley is in the federal electorate of Pearce.

In the 2011 census the population of Bickley was 707 and is comprised of approximately 49.2% females and 50.8% males.

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

67.4% of people living in the suburb of Bickley were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 13.7% England, 2.3% New Zealand, 2.1% Italy, 1.4% South Africa, 1.3% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 1.0% Mauritius, 1.0% Papua New Guinea, 0.7% Canada, 0.6% India, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Germany.

89.4% of people living in Bickley speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Italian, 1.0% Dutch, 1.0% French, 0.6% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Bickley is 24.5% No religion, 22.8% Anglican, 20.2% Catholic, 8.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.5% Seventh-day Adventist, 5.0% Christian, nfd, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Uniting Church, 1.1% Baptist, 0.8% Churches of Christ.

64.7% of people are married, 22.7% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 2.2% are separated. There are 8 widowed people living in Bickley.

56.1% of the people living in Bickley over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 35.2% are working on a part time basis. Bickley has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Bickley are 21.6% Professionals, 18.7% Managers, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.0% Labourers, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 6.7% Sales workers, 4.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bickley work in are 11.8% Education and training, 11.0% Construction, 10.1% Health care and social assistance, 9.2% Retail trade, 8.6% Manufacturing, 8.1% Mining, 7.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.3% Administrative and support services, 4.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

40.0% of homes are fully owned, and 48.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $697 per week and the median household income is $2087 per week.

The median rent in Bickley is $238 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bickley postcode 6076