Boyanup

19.6% of Boyanup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

367 family households lived in Boyanup; 39.5% were couple families and 11.2% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Boyanup had 1,304 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Boyanup.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

42.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

45.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Boyanup had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 40.6%, while 24.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

67.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

0.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 24.5% of the total.

74.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.2% reported a different address.

15.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.3% of Boyanup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.6% of ancestry responses in Boyanup.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

54.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.7%.

Median household income was $1,609 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

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

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

Outright ownership was 42.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 12.0% in Boyanup, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.