Australind

23.3% of Australind's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

4,468 family households lived in Australind; 44.7% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

44.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Australind had 15,988 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 93.7% of occupied private dwellings in Australind.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

27.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

50.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Australind had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 28.6% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

68.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 29.8% of the total.

67.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.1% reported a different address.

19.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

88.4% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

19.2% of Australind's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.2% of ancestry responses in Australind.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

14.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

37.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

59.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.7% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.2%.

Median household income was $1,856 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,712.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Australind, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 27.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 21.5% in Australind, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.