Bibra Lake

16.4% of Bibra Lake's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

1,705 family households lived in Bibra Lake; 42.7% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

32.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Bibra Lake had 5,892 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 84.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bibra Lake.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

42.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

42.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Bibra Lake had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 35.2%, while 24.3% had four or more usual residents.

7.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

65.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

3.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

One-car households formed 31.3% of the total.

63.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.4% reported a different address.

30.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

81.5% of residents used only English at home.

14.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

30.1% of Bibra Lake's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.9% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in Bibra Lake.

Australian ancestry made up 32.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.1% of responses.

23.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

35.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

58.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.5%.

Median household income was $1,825 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 $400 per week.

Working from home was 7.2% in Bibra Lake, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 42.4% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 14.9% in Bibra Lake, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.