Alexander Heights

18.9% of Alexander Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

2,207 family households lived in Alexander Heights; 46.8% were couple families and 17.6% were one-parent families.

35.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Alexander Heights had 7,772 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 90.8% of occupied private dwellings in Alexander Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

32.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

51.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Alexander Heights had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 31.6%, while 31.5% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

70.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 25.2% of the total.

71.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.9% reported a different address.

39.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

59.9% of residents used only English at home.

36.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

39.7% of Alexander Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.3% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

2.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.7% of ancestry responses in Alexander Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 24.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.2% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

63.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.8%.

Median household income was $1,709 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Alexander Heights, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 32.6% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 16.2% in Alexander Heights, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.