Ellenbrook Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Ellenbrook (6069) is a suburb of Perth, Eastern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 21 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Ellenbrook is in the federal electorate of Pearce.

In the 2011 census the population of Ellenbrook was 16,284 and is comprised of approximately 51.5% females and 48.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ellenbrook is 29 years of age.

65.2% of people living in the suburb of Ellenbrook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.7% England, 5.5% New Zealand, 2.4% South Africa, 1.4% Scotland, 1.0% India, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.7% Singapore, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.5% Sudan, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Vietnam.

84.5% of people living in Ellenbrook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.4% Other, 1.0% Arabic, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Other .

The religious makeup of Ellenbrook is 28.6% No religion, 22.2% Catholic, 19.1% Anglican, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Uniting Church, 2.3% Baptist, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Pentecostal, 1.8% Islam.

53.0% of people are married, 33.7% have never married and 7.7% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 295 widowed people living in Ellenbrook.

65.5% of the people living in Ellenbrook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.3% are working on a part time basis. Ellenbrook has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Ellenbrook are 17.8% Technicians & trades workers, 17.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Professionals, 10.9% Community & personal service workers, 10.8% Managers, 10.0% Sales workers, 9.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.0% Labourers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Ellenbrook work in are 12.0% Retail trade, 10.6% Manufacturing, 10.4% Construction, 9.8% Health care and social assistance, 6.9% Public administration and safety, 6.3% Education and training, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Mining, 5.5% Transport, postal and warehousing.

13.1% of homes are fully owned, and 61.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $764 per week and the median household income is $1677 per week.

The median rent in Ellenbrook is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2300 per month.

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