Roelands Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Roelands (6226) is a suburb of South Western, South West, Western Australia. It is about 150 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Roelands is in the federal electorate of Forrest.

In the 2011 census the population of Roelands was 620 and is comprised of approximately 48.7% females and 51.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Roelands is 39 years of age.

83.8% of people living in the suburb of Roelands were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.1% England, 3.1% New Zealand, 1.1% South Africa, 0.8% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% United States of America, 0.6% Ireland.

95.5% of people living in Roelands speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Other, 0.5% Italian.

The religious makeup of Roelands is 30.0% Catholic, 24.7% No religion, 23.2% Anglican, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.7% Christian, nfd, 3.1% Uniting Church, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Latter-day Saints, 1.3% Other religious affiliation , 1.3% Baptist.

61.5% of people are married, 26.8% have never married and 6.9% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 12 widowed people living in Roelands.

63.5% of the people living in Roelands over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.5% are working on a part time basis. Roelands has an unemployment rate of 1.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Roelands are 22.5% Technicians & trades workers, 15.3% Managers, 14.7% Professionals, 11.6% Labourers, 11.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.5% Sales workers, 6.6% Community & personal service workers.

The main industries people from Roelands work in are 18.2% Construction, 13.0% Manufacturing, 11.3% Retail trade, 8.7% Education and training, 8.1% Health care and social assistance, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Other services, 5.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

35.3% of homes are fully owned, and 53.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $863 per week and the median household income is $1897 per week.

The median rent in Roelands is $110 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2338 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Roelands postcode 6226