Capel Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Capel (6271) is a suburb of South Western, South West, Western Australia. It is about 180 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Capel is in the federal electorate of Forrest.

In the 2011 census the population of Capel was 2,201 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Capel is 36 years of age.

74.8% of people living in the suburb of Capel were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.4% England, 2.1% New Zealand, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Scotland, 0.4% Guernsey, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% India, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Papua New Guinea.

86.9% of people living in Capel speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.3% Italian, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% German, 0.1% Indonesian, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Capel is 33.5% No religion, 22.3% Anglican, 16.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 15.1% Catholic, 3.8% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.0% Baptist, 0.6% Other religious affiliation .

51.7% of people are married, 30.8% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 4.3% are separated. There are 68 widowed people living in Capel.

57.4% of the people living in Capel over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.4% are working on a part time basis. Capel has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Capel are 20.9% Technicians & trades workers, 15.4% Labourers, 13.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.3% Managers, 10.1% Professionals, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 6.9% Sales workers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Capel work in are 13.0% Construction, 12.7% Manufacturing, 9.5% Retail trade, 9.2% Health care and social assistance, 6.5% Mining, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 6.0% Education and training, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

31.0% of homes are fully owned, and 43.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $526 per week and the median household income is $1027 per week.

The median rent in Capel is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Capel postcode 6271