Gledhow Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Gledhow (6330) is a suburb of South Western, Great Southern, Western Australia. It is about 385 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Gledhow is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Gledhow was 939 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gledhow is 38 years of age.

81.3% of people living in the suburb of Gledhow were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.2% England, 2.2% New Zealand, 1.1% Philippines, 1.1% Germany, 1.0% Scotland, 1.0% Netherlands, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% Canada.

93.2% of people living in Gledhow speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Dutch, 1.1% Other, 1.1% Tagalog, 0.6% Polish, 0.4% Russian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Gledhow is 33.0% No religion, 15.7% Anglican, 13.3% Catholic, 9.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Uniting Church, 4.5% Baptist, 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.1% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.4% Jehovah's Witnesses.

50.5% of people are married, 31.8% have never married and 10.4% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 32 widowed people living in Gledhow.

48.6% of the people living in Gledhow over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 39.7% are working on a part time basis. Gledhow has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Gledhow are 18.6% Technicians & trades workers, 15.3% Labourers, 13.6% Sales workers, 13.3% Professionals, 11.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.5% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.9% Managers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gledhow work in are 15.9% Retail trade, 13.5% Health care and social assistance, 9.2% Construction, 8.3% Public administration and safety, 7.4% Education and training, 6.8% Manufacturing, 6.6% Other services, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.0% Accommodation and food services.

38.9% of homes are fully owned, and 38.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $483 per week and the median household income is $1147 per week.

The median rent in Gledhow is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1337 per month.

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