Balcatta

15.5% of Balcatta's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

2,882 family households lived in Balcatta; 39.5% were couple families and 17.3% were one-parent families.

35.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Balcatta had 10,813 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 53.0% of occupied private dwellings in Balcatta.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 46.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

32.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

34.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Balcatta had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

3.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

7.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 43.1% of the total.

49.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.5% reported a different address.

37.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

60.6% of residents used only English at home.

34.3% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

37.5% of Balcatta's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.5% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

3.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.7% of ancestry responses in Balcatta.

Australian ancestry made up 20.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

22.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

36.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

61.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.0%.

Median household income was $1,537 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,756.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 6.3% in Balcatta, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 32.9% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 32.4% in Balcatta, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.