Augusta

9.6% of Augusta's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

395 family households lived in Augusta; 23.5% were couple families and 10.1% were one-parent families.

19.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Augusta had 1,463 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

61.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 85.0% of occupied private dwellings in Augusta.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

57.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

20.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Augusta had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 38.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 44.6%, while 8.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

59.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 39.7% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.3% reported a different address.

20.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.6% of Augusta's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 54.4% of ancestry responses in Augusta.

Australian ancestry made up 35.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

8.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 17.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.3% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 39.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

15.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

48.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 16.3% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.7%.

Median household income was $869 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,551.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 11.7% in Augusta, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 57.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 22.5% in Augusta, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.