Bridgetown

15.6% of Bridgetown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

877 family households lived in Bridgetown; 31.5% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

29.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Bridgetown had 3,168 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in Bridgetown.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

44.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

36.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Bridgetown had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 42.8%, while 16.2% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 36.2% of the total.

60.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.5% reported a different address.

23.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.5% of Bridgetown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.5% 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 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 53.0% of ancestry responses in Bridgetown.

Australian ancestry made up 35.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

24.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

52.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.5%.

Median household income was $1,082 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Bridgetown, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 44.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 19.5% in Bridgetown, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.