Balga

21.1% of Balga's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

3,348 family households lived in Balga; 38.9% were couple families and 25.9% were one-parent families.

46.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Balga had 13,864 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 29.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

15.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

34.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

49.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Balga had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 32.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 29.9%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

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

68.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

7.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 44.8% of the total.

47.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.3% reported a different address.

46.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

45.6% of residents used only English at home.

44.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

46.6% of Balga's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 53.4% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

6.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 68.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.6% of ancestry responses in Balga.

Australian ancestry made up 18.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.7% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 5.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.0%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

64.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.7%.

Median household income was $1,299 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,482.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Balga, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 15.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 49.7% in Balga, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.