Bentley

9.8% of Bentley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

1,534 family households lived in Bentley; 32.6% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Bentley had 9,051 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 37.2% of occupied private dwellings in Bentley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 48.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

16.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

18.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

65.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Bentley had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 38.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 25.7%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

4.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

59.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

10.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

14.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 42.3% of the total.

42.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

32.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.4% reported a different address.

53.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

45.1% of residents used only English at home.

43.1% used a language other than English at home.

7.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

53.6% of Bentley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 46.4% was born in Australia.

3.4% of residents were born in China.

5.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 55.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.8% of ancestry responses in Bentley.

Australian ancestry made up 16.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 13.4% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 5.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.2%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

23.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

60.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.6%.

Median household income was $1,212 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,555.

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

Working from home was 4.2% in Bentley, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 16.7% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 65.0% in Bentley, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.