Ocean Beach Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Ocean Beach (6333) is a suburb of South Western, Great Southern, Western Australia. It is about 367 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Ocean Beach is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Ocean Beach was 990 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ocean Beach is 44 years of age.

76.7% of people living in the suburb of Ocean Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.6% England, 2.4% New Zealand, 1.5% Netherlands, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% India, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Indonesia, 0.4% Switzerland, 0.4% Zambia.

94.3% of people living in Ocean Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Dutch, 1.1% German, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.3% Other , 0.3% Other, 0.3% Croatian, 0.3% Italian.

The religious makeup of Ocean Beach is 43.5% No religion, 19.1% Anglican, 11.2% Catholic, 8.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Uniting Church, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Baptist, 2.0% Buddhism, 1.6% Other religious affiliation , 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed.

55.6% of people are married, 26.6% have never married and 10.6% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 25 widowed people living in Ocean Beach.

42.2% of the people living in Ocean Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 44.7% are working on a part time basis. Ocean Beach has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Ocean Beach are 22.1% Professionals, 20.0% Technicians & trades workers, 16.0% Managers, 10.5% Labourers, 9.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 6.8% Sales workers, 5.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Ocean Beach work in are 12.5% Health care and social assistance, 12.0% Construction, 11.2% Education and training, 9.2% Accommodation and food services, 8.5% Retail trade, 6.8% Manufacturing, 6.6% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 6.1% Professional, scientific and technical services.

43.9% of homes are fully owned, and 29.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $518 per week and the median household income is $953 per week.

The median rent in Ocean Beach is $220 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Ocean Beach postcode 6333