Rangeway is an inner eastern suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia

Western Australia

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. Its Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

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 is the City of Greater Geraldton

City of Greater Geraldton

The City of Greater Geraldton is a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth on the Indian Ocean...

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The suburb was gazetted in 1972.

Geography

Rangeway is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) southeast of Geraldton's central business district

Central business district

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. It is bounded on the west by the North West Coastal Highway

North West Coastal Highway

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 and Scott Road, on the north by Eastward Road, and on the east by Blencowe Road and Assent Street.

Demographics

At the 2006 census, Rangeway had a population of 2,303.

Rangeway residents had a median age of 28, and the median individual income was well below average for the Geraldton region — $328 per week compared with $461 per week. The population of Rangeway was predominantly Australian-born - 76.1% as at the 2006 census - while 3.82% were born in the United Kingdom. At the 2006 census, 21.6% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians

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The most popular religious affiliations in descending order in the 2006 census were no religion, Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church in Australia

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, Anglican

Anglican Church of Australia

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, and Uniting

Uniting Church in Australia

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. 36.9% of Rangeway residents lived in Department of Housing accommodation.