Beachlands

14.1% of Beachlands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

336 family households lived in Beachlands; 32.7% were couple families and 20.8% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Beachlands had 1,400 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 78.5% of occupied private dwellings in Beachlands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

23.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

33.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Beachlands had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 42.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 12.0% had four or more usual residents.

3.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

64.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.6% walked or cycled.

14.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 42.6% of the total.

43.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

83.0% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.8% of Beachlands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Beachlands.

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

24.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 10.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 15.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

51.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.8%.

Median household income was $1,177 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 3.5% in Beachlands, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 23.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 42.5% in Beachlands, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.