Gooseberry Hill Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Gooseberry Hill (6076) is a suburb of South Western, Heartlands, Western Australia. It is about 18 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Gooseberry Hill is in the federal electorate of Hasluck.

In the 2011 census the population of Gooseberry Hill was 3,556 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gooseberry Hill is 46 years of age.

62.4% of people living in the suburb of Gooseberry Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 15.6% England, 2.7% New Zealand, 2.4% Scotland, 1.3% Ireland, 1.0% South Africa, 1.0% Netherlands, 1.0% Germany, 0.8% India, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Italy, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.4% Switzerland, 0.4% Wales.

91.0% of people living in Gooseberry Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.7% German, 0.6% Dutch, 0.6% Italian, 0.3% Thai, 0.3% French, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Sinhalese.

The religious makeup of Gooseberry Hill is 27.9% No religion, 23.4% Anglican, 22.5% Catholic, 8.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Uniting Church, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Baptist, 1.2% Churches of Christ, 0.8% Lutheran.

64.6% of people are married, 22.2% have never married and 7.1% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 124 widowed people living in Gooseberry Hill.

56.8% of the people living in Gooseberry Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.9% are working on a part time basis. Gooseberry Hill has an unemployment rate of 3.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Gooseberry Hill are 28.0% Professionals, 17.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.9% Managers, 12.7% Technicians & trades workers, 7.6% Community & personal service workers, 7.3% Sales workers, 5.1% Labourers, 4.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gooseberry Hill work in are 11.3% Education and training, 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.5% Retail trade, 8.3% Construction, 7.8% Public administration and safety, 7.6% Manufacturing, 5.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.7% Mining.

50.6% of homes are fully owned, and 40.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $747 per week and the median household income is $1885 per week.

The median rent in Gooseberry Hill is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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