Meadow Springs Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Meadow Springs (6210) is a suburb of South Western, Heartlands, Western Australia. It is about 61 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Meadow Springs is in the federal electorate of Brand.

In the 2011 census the population of Meadow Springs was 5,920 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Meadow Springs is 37 years of age.

65.3% of people living in the suburb of Meadow Springs were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 12.1% England, 3.9% New Zealand, 1.8% South Africa, 1.4% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% India, 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% China , 0.3% Burma , 0.3% Canada.

87.6% of people living in Meadow Springs speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.4% Other, 0.5% Italian, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Filipino , 0.3% Indonesian, 0.2% Thai.

The religious makeup of Meadow Springs is 27.1% Anglican, 23.7% No religion, 20.9% Catholic, 10.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Uniting Church, 2.8% Baptist, 2.6% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.0% Buddhism, 0.9% Pentecostal.

54.5% of people are married, 27.3% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 349 widowed people living in Meadow Springs.

59.9% of the people living in Meadow Springs 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. Meadow Springs has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Meadow Springs are 20.3% Technicians & trades workers, 15.2% Professionals, 12.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Sales workers, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 10.1% Labourers, 8.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.7% Managers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Meadow Springs work in are 13.3% Retail trade, 12.9% Construction, 12.2% Manufacturing, 9.1% Health care and social assistance, 8.1% Education and training, 7.1% Mining, 6.0% Accommodation and food services, 5.7% Public administration and safety, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services.

21.6% of homes are fully owned, and 39.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $540 per week and the median household income is $1294 per week.

The median rent in Meadow Springs is $325 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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