Armadale

18.4% of Armadale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,275 family households lived in Armadale; 30.3% were couple families and 30.7% were one-parent families.

38.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Armadale had 13,415 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 67.5% of occupied private dwellings in Armadale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 30.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

25.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

32.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.7% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Armadale had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 32.8%, while 16.6% had four or more usual residents.

3.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

4.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

11.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 46.1% of the total.

42.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.1% reported a different address.

27.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

78.1% of residents used only English at home.

12.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

27.8% of Armadale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Armadale.

Australian ancestry made up 32.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

9.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 5.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.1%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

25.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 12.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

47.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 8.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.8%.

Median household income was $1,020 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 3.1% in Armadale, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 25.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 42.7% in Armadale, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.