Beechboro

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

2,433 family households lived in Beechboro; 44.1% were couple families and 20.8% were one-parent families.

36.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Beechboro had 9,112 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 90.3% of occupied private dwellings in Beechboro.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

31.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

42.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.6% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Beechboro had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 24.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 31.4%, while 26.8% had four or more usual residents.

4.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

62.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.8% reported a different address.

37.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

64.4% of residents used only English at home.

29.6% used a language other than English at home.

2.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

37.2% of Beechboro's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.8% was born in Australia.

1.4% of residents were born in China.

3.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.7% of ancestry responses in Beechboro.

Australian ancestry made up 26.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.3% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.1%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

33.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

59.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.8%.

Median household income was $1,426 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.4% in Beechboro, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 31.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 25.6% in Beechboro, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.