Broadwater

14.9% of Broadwater's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1,135 family households lived in Broadwater; 33.0% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.

30.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Broadwater had 4,269 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 77.5% of occupied private dwellings in Broadwater.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

36.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Broadwater had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 27.8% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Two-person households represented 42.0%, while 18.1% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

64.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 38.7% of the total.

56.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.2% reported a different address.

22.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

22.1% of Broadwater's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.3% of ancestry responses in Broadwater.

Australian ancestry made up 39.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.2%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

24.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $1,232 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 $370 per week.

Working from home was 6.5% in Broadwater, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 24.5% in Broadwater, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.