Banksia Grove

27.5% of Banksia Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3,090 family households lived in Banksia Grove; 54.1% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

56.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Banksia Grove had 11,351 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Separate houses made up 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Banksia Grove.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

7.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

68.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Banksia Grove had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 17.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 26.1%, while 35.4% had four or more usual residents.

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

65.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

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

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 32.4% of the total.

64.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

39.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

73.9% of residents used only English at home.

22.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

39.3% of Banksia Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

3.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.5% of ancestry responses in Banksia Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 28.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

14.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.9%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

43.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

67.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.2% reported asthma, 4.0% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.8%.

Median household income was $1,956 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 7.9% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Renting accounted for 23.3% in Banksia Grove, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.