Alkimos

26.6% of Alkimos's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

2,865 family households lived in Alkimos; 53.0% were couple families and 17.7% were one-parent families.

54.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Alkimos had 10,203 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.8% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 97.5% of occupied private dwellings in Alkimos.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

7.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

63.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.7% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Alkimos had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 28.7%, while 31.5% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

59.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

5.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 38.4% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

39.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 60.5% reported a different address.

46.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

80.0% of residents used only English at home.

15.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

46.2% of Alkimos's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 53.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.5% of ancestry responses in Alkimos.

Australian ancestry made up 24.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

17.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

44.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

67.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 4.3% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.1%.

Median household income was $2,035 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

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

Working from home was 6.9% in Alkimos, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 7.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 28.7% in Alkimos, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.