Ballajura

19.2% of Ballajura's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

5,109 family households lived in Ballajura; 48.4% were couple families and 18.8% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Ballajura had 18,459 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 94.3% of occupied private dwellings in Ballajura.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

30.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

51.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Ballajura had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 17.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 30.7%, while 32.2% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

69.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 27.7% of the total.

69.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.4% reported a different address.

37.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

65.0% of residents used only English at home.

30.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

37.0% of Ballajura's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.0% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.5% of ancestry responses in Ballajura.

Australian ancestry made up 25.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.2% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.5%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

36.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.6% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.2%.

Median household income was $1,726 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,703.

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

Working from home was 5.4% in Ballajura, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 30.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Ballajura, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.