Beresford

15.1% of Beresford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

380 family households lived in Beresford; 28.9% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

32.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Beresford had 1,463 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 78.1% of occupied private dwellings in Beresford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

34.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

23.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Beresford had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 36.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 39.4%, while 13.2% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

68.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 40.2% of the total.

54.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.3% reported a different address.

16.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

82.4% of residents used only English at home.

10.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

16.7% of Beresford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.3% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Beresford.

Australian ancestry made up 35.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

19.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

33.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.4%.

Median household income was $1,441 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Beresford, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Renting accounted for 42.7% in Beresford, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.